FLIGHT THRILL.
Narrow Escape from Death of
Cobham's Co-pilot.
MISHAP AT REFUEL TRY OUT,
(Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 10. While rehearsing refuelling for the non-stop flight to Australia, Sir Alan Cobham's co-pilot, Squadron-Leader Helmore, lowered a rope as a preliminary to lowering the petrol pipe. His mechanic lost his grip of the rope which twisted itself round the tail, causing the machine to hang a minute and then nose downwards while Squadron-Leader Helmore struggled at the controls.
Then the rope snapped and the machine dropped like a stone until 300 feet above the sea, a very narrow escape. The pilot then regained control and flew to the aerodrome.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 85, 11 April 1933, Page 7
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