Plane Hits Horse
(New Zealand Press Association)
NEW PLYMOUTH, Feb. 9. The wing of a Piper Pawnee aircraft landing on a private airstrip at Matangara, four miles south of Hawera, hit a horse about 8.10 last night. The pilot, Mr M. Tymons, aged 27, married, said today that visibility was poor when he approached the landing strip, but he saw the horse. He “buzzed” the strip twice and scared away the animal.
“I had made a successful landing and was losing speed when the horse walked in front of me and as if petrified stood still,” he said. The wing of the aircraft hit the animal near the top of its rear legs. “I have never had an experience quite like it and, to be candid, never want another. My first thought was that I had killed the horse.” The horse was only bruised.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30981, 10 February 1966, Page 3
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144Plane Hits Horse Press, Volume CV, Issue 30981, 10 February 1966, Page 3
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