WHEEL COLLAPSED.
MISHAP TO BIG BOMBER. PILOT OFFICKU NOT INJURED. (By THppraplt Association.) BLKNHKIM, Friday. When one of the Baffin bombers tn the Wellington (Territorial) Air Fine Squadron, which is encamped at the Blenheim aerodrome, was ta \i- inj; rdowly out on to the living field thi<- 111<■ rlli 1 iir preparatory to taking off for machine l:'in practice at Lake (irar-smere one of the landing w heel* ci i| la psed ami the 1»i ir machine tipped forward. smai-hin;: the propeller and one of the lower win;?*. Pilot (• Hirer Smith, who was at the controls, was not injured. An examination disclosed faults in the metal disc whwl. Repairs will in- elicit-|| a I I'i-IL-heim after spare part** have been received from the Hol>*onviHc base.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 280, 26 November 1938, Page 22
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