AIR DISASTERS.
TWO CRASHES IN AMERICA. SEVEN DEATHS RESULT. (United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day,. 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 29. A message from Westbord (Massachusetts) states that three men and a woman were crushed to death when their cabin aeroplane crashed on a farm near the local airport. The ’plane aose-dived from a height of 500 feet. At Amarillo' (Texas) three members of an air circus troupe were killed and a fourth critically ’ injured when two ’planes collided and crashed on the edge of the business district.
THE MAIL ’PLANE CRASH.
ONLY FAST BRITISH CR AFT. LONDON, October 27. “The Evening Standard” deplores the loss of the mail carrier ’plane which crashed on its trials on Tuesday, as it was the only aeroplane thus far built in Britain embodying the requisite -ran jfi and speed to enable a reasonable chance of winning the London to Melbourne race.
The only other comparable British machine is a mail carrier built by the Avro Company, which reached a speed of 170 miles an hotir in the King’s Cup race in 1932.- It has had new engines fitted and' it is expected to be capable of a speed of 200 miles an hour.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 16, 30 October 1933, Page 5
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