’PLANE WRECKED.
PILOT SLIGHTLY INJURED. (Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, Feb. 6. A Gipsy Moth aeroplane was wrecked near the Mangere Aerodrome at t o’clock this morning. The young pilot, Mr J. R. Butcher, had a miraculous escape. . The pilot is a club pupil, who only recently flew solo. He went up this morning before an examination tor ms A grade certificate. When nearing the aerodrome he shut off the engine and began a series of turns before landing. The turns apparently were too steep for the altitude, and, realising that he was in difficulties the pilot opened the throttle again. Ihe piano dived, hit the ground, nose first, and overturned in a paddock. Tlio pilot, who was strapped in the cockpit, escaped with a slight abrasion to his head. The propeller was smashed, the fuselage wrecked and the wings damaged. The aeroplane had been used by the club for seven years, and had flown 2500 hours.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 99, 7 February 1936, Page 6
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