AEROPLANE CRASHES.
LANDING IN GALE OF WIND. PILOT ESCAPES UNHURT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. Extensive damage was done to a .privately-owned Moth .aeroplane when landing at Bell Block Aerodrome shortly after mid-day. The 'plane belonged to Mr. Oldham, of Hamilton, and was piloted by Mr. E. Luks, of Auckland, who was flying solo. He left Hamilton at 11 o'clock and reached New Plymouth at 12.30. A gale of between '40 and 50 miles an hour was blowing here, and when the 'plane was within about 10 feet of the ground' the wind caught it and turned it on its side. The left under-wing struck the ground and the machine turned over and dug its nose into the ground. The wings were air broken and the centre section of the 'plane damaged. The tail was damaged, but the engine remained undamaged. The pilot was uninjured.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 162, 11 July 1930, Page 5
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