Ivan picked up the Sydney Morning Herald and chuckled at the sight of an enormous full-page advertisement. An artist’s sketch of the Aotearoa was proudly displayed beneath the heading ‘Australia to New Zealand.’ And below the picture read the caption: The latest Triumph of the Air on Plume and Mobil Oil. Their jolly oil had given everyone all a bit of a scare last night. He continued flicking through the pages, wondering where he might stumble across the latest interviews of his friends, now on the other side of the Tasman.
The words Stop Press caught his eye at the bottom of the page:
Missing Aviators
Still NO NEWS
At 6.45 (Sydney Time) this morning, Amalgamated Wireless received a message from the New Zealand Government Radio Station stating that no further tidings of the monoplane w
