TIGER MOTH CRASHES
WOMAN PILOT UNINJURED
(Hew Zealand Press Association) TIMARU, December 23. A woman pilot of the South Canterbury Aero Club escaped injury tehen the Tiger Moth she was flying crashed at the Timaru airport at Levels, about 4 p.m. on Saturday. She jt Miss Lavinia McDonald, of Timaru. Miss McDonald, flying on her own. was practising landings on the main jorth-south runway. The aircraft apparently bounced into the air after a tending, turned to the right, tore through a wire fence, and came to jest on the roadway running parallel <ith the runway. . When the aircraft struck the ground fte engine was torn from its mountMiss McDonald climbed out unhurt. The aircraft was badly damaged.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28159, 24 December 1956, Page 7
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