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After picking up MacLean and his assistant, a geologist by the name of Robert B. Holroyd, Hellewell took off again. This time, he headed south west along the western "shore" of the Calanscio Sand Sea.
For five hours, Hellewell flew over the desert, allowing MacLean to give him instructions. MacLean's instructions were on the order of "turn left, so I can look at that hill..", and the like.
The constant changing of direction made dead-reckoning virtually impossible. Plus, two items began to nag at Hellewell. He was running low on fuel, and he wasn't sure how he'd be able to spot the camp at Concession 37, since he'd be returning at dusk, and the camp consisted of a few canvas tents. On top of all this, radio operator Colvin hadn't been able to contact the station at Benghazi at all, so Hellewell had no weather information for the flight back to base.
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