Monday 19 February 2018

The Stinson (20th)



Saturday 20th February 1937, a search is initiated after the Stinson fails to arrive at Sydney. 

With no radio aboard the aircraft, searchers didn't know if the pilot Captain Rex Boyden flew the inland or coastal route (the final decision was his when he was in the air and could access the conditions).


The search planes were forced back by the strong ‘cyclonic’ winds that had threatened the Stinson the day before. 

Theories considered a forced landing to wait out the storm or a crash into the sea.



<< The "Morning Bulletin" (Rockhampton) 20.2.1937

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