AIR THRILL.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 52, 2 March 1929, Page 9

AIR THRILL.

PARACHUTE SAVES. Pilot Forced To Jump From Disabled 'Plane. 1000 FEET TALL. (" Times " Cables.) LONDON, March 1. Flight-Lieutenant Pope, a Royal Air Force pilot, willy-nilly owes his life to a parachute, which is now portion of a pilot's standard equipment. The airman was testing a new secret and extremely fast fighting machine at the Yate aerodrome when he felt a sudden tail-flutter at a height of 1500 ft. The tail of the 'plane then broke adrift and the machine became uncontrollable and turned upside down. The pilot released his safety belt and fell out at a height of 1000 ft. He had never before made a parachute jump, but he had pulled the release ring in his fall. He landed safely, but the "plane crashed upside down.

FLY, FLY, FLY AGAIN.

" Lindy's" Idea To Regain Nerve After Crash. FLIPS WITH FIANCEE. iAiisi niliyn iind Js'.Z. Press Association.) MEXICO CITY, March 1. Colonel (ha rles Lindbergh and his fiance, .\li«s Anne Morrow, who after a flight ti'iietlier on Wednesday were slightly injured and shaken when the 'piano capci/.ed on landing, went np for three «=h«>rt flights yesterday in the neighbourhood of the Vulbuena flying field, where the mishap occurred. As a result of the accident Colonel Lindbergh had the use of only one hand. He flew a commercial 'plane which he borrowed for the occasion. Miss Morrow seemed to be nervous before the first flight, but they were both smiling broadly at the end. The observers believed that Colonel Lindbergh was acting on the rule for & return to the air immediately after an accident, to prevent loss of nerve. He will probably fly again to-day.

AUXILIARY SERVICES.

RAILWAY AIR UNITS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 1. Viscount Churchill, when presiding at the annual meeting of the Great Western Railway Company, announced that the railway companies generally were seeking powers to engage in aerial transport, as they considered that development in this mode of travel would become a great factor in rapid transportation.