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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 291, 8 September 1928, Page 10

' After crashing from a height of one thousand feet in a Moth aeroplane, near Sydney while on a holiday visit, Mr. W. Gaddum, of Gisborne, considers he is fortunate to be alive (says the . “New Zealand Herald”). He returned by the Ulimaroa recently, and hobbled down the gangway on crutches. Mr. Gaddum said he hired a private Moth for a pleasure flight, the pilot being Mr. J. Rutledge. They left the Mascot aerodrome and bad, not been long in the air before something happened and the 'plane crashed to the ground. Mr. Gaddum was thrown clear and sustained a fracture of the leg and severe cuts about the face. The pilot was very bady injured, losing an eye and being extensively cut about the face.