PLANE'S WILD CAREER.
MACHINE WITHOUT PILOT.
STARTED WITH THROTTLE
OPEN.
PROPELLER AND WINGS DAMAGED.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, this day.
•Careering around the Rongotai airport without a pilot, a Gipsy Moth airplane belonging to the Western Federated Flying Club, New Plymouth, finished up by capsizing.
A pupil, in starting the machine, swung the propeller with the throttle wide open. With a roar, the engine started. The machine lurched forward, but the man who started it immediately threw himself flat upon the ground. The wing of the machine passed above him. Gathering speed, the 'plane raced ahead and then swerved. It went upon a curving course and then tipped up and went 'completely over. The propeller was broken and damage was done to the wings and a fin.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 57, 9 March 1931, Page 9
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127PLANE'S WILD CAREER. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 57, 9 March 1931, Page 9
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