DISAPPEARANCE OF LOEWENSTEIN
MONOPLANE EXAMINED (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, July 9. Majoj Cooper, Chief Inspector of the Accidents Investigation Sub-Com-mittee of the Air Ministry, to-day conducted a private examination of tije Fokker monoplane from which Captain Loewenstein is believed to have fallen while crossing the English Channel hist Wednesday. The door leading from the cabin and its fastenings were enrefully/tested. It is understood that 011 the return from Brussels of Captain Loewenstein’s pilot, Captain Drew, the theories advanced for Loewenstein’s disappearance will be tested during a flight of the machine. Opinion is divided as to whether, in view of the rush of air along the fuselage, it would be possible to open the door of the cabin during flight.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 240, 11 July 1928, Page 10
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