ALARM CAUSED

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 249, 2 August 1941, Page 2

ALARM CAUSED

AIRCRAFT FLOWN TOO LOW. COMPANY MANAGER FSNIE'D. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 1. For flying an aircraft in such circumstances as to cause unnecessary danger to persons and property, Alfred Rose, a company manager, was fined £4 by Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M. A charge- of flying an aircraft over the city at an altitude which would not enable it to land outside the city should the means of propulsion fail was withdrawn

Evidence was given by a ground engineer that Rose took the machine from Rongotai on a pleasure flight at 3.25 p.m. on March 9, and other evidence showed that he had alarmed, people at Kqrori by coming dangerously low. . ” In evidence Rose said t that lie. lived in Messines Road and that afternoon his wife held a tennis party there. He flew over the house, the altimeter showing 850 to 900 feet. Karori whs approximately 500 feet above sea- level. He also said he thought he could have brought the ’plane safely down on Karori Park or the Chaytor Street tip if necessary, bringing from Mr Luxford the remark that cricket would be played on the park on a Saturday afternoon in March.