▁" U iver " ▁was ▁neither ▁to ▁be ▁seen ▁nor ▁heard , ▁so ▁they ▁drove ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Post ▁Offic c . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁New n ham ' s ▁neighbour ▁Bar cl ay ▁Dow ling ▁drove ▁New n ham ▁to ▁the ▁Dean ▁Street ▁door ▁of ▁the ▁Post ▁Office ▁building , ▁where ▁st airs ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁floor ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁tele phone ▁exchange ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 CO ▁studio . ▁As ▁they ▁drove , ▁New n ham ▁form ulated ▁the ▁des perate ▁rescue ▁plan - to ▁call ▁on ▁motor ▁vehicles ▁to ▁proceed ▁to ▁the ▁Al bury ▁Race course ▁and ▁ill uminate ▁a ▁landing ▁strip ▁for ▁the ▁aircraft ▁in ▁dist ress . ▁The ▁thought ▁fright ened ▁New n ham , ▁because ▁should ▁the ▁aircraft ▁make ▁an ▁un success ful ▁landing , ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁consequences . ▁He ▁decided ▁to ▁implement ▁the ▁plan ▁anyway . ▁Con sequently , ▁Dow ling ▁dropped ▁New n ham ▁at ▁the ▁studio ▁and ▁then ▁proceeded ▁to ▁the ▁race course ▁where ▁he ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁Al bury ▁Racing ▁Club ▁Secretary ▁Bert ie ▁Pe ac ock ▁and ▁his ▁son ▁Donald ▁in ▁mar sh alling ▁the ▁arriv ing ▁vehicles ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁formed ▁a ▁cres cent ▁around ▁the ▁per imeter ▁of ▁the ▁race course . ▁ ▁On ▁gain ing ▁entry ▁to ▁the ▁building ▁and ▁clim bing ▁the ▁st airs ▁to ▁the ▁radio ▁studio , ▁New n ham ▁was ▁faced ▁with ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁not ▁having ▁a ▁techn ician ▁who ▁could ▁manipulate ▁the ▁radio ▁controls ▁to