PERILS OF FLIGHT.
GERMAN AVIATOR KULED. £120 FOB, A SPHi. (Received 8.40 a.m.) BERLIN", June 19. A German aviator named Robl was aeroplaning at Stettin at a height of 250 ft, when his machine suddenly plunged, and turning a somersault, dashed to the ground, crushing and killing Eobl. (Received 8 a.m.) LONDON, June 19. _ Lady Abdy bid 120 guineas at an auction at Brooklands for the privilege of accompanying Mr. Grahame-White in a flight in his aeroplane. Before they had got well started, however, the aeroplane fell ten feet and was smashed. Neither of the passengers was injured.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 144, 20 June 1910, Page 5
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