FORCED LANDING NEAR CHEVIOT
TIGER MOTH DEVELOPS ENGINE TROUBLE
On a flight from Queenstown to Wanganui, a Tiger Moth aeroplane owned by the Wanganui Aero Club and piloted by Mr D. McNab, of Wanganui, made a forced landing in a paddock on the flat near the Cheviot township about 3.30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Mr McNab left Queenstown yesterday morning and after a stop at Harewood resumed his flight about 2.45 p.m. While flying at a height of about 5000 feet along the coastline off Go.re Bay he noticed an engine fault. With the engine failing, he flew acrosi the coastal hills to find a suitable landing ground, and eventually landed safely. Mr McNab expects to resume hit night this morning after repairs have been made.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25740, 28 February 1949, Page 6
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