GLIDER INJURED
Wind Catches Machine CRASH ON SANDHILLS Muriwai Beach Accident By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Nov. 13. When attempting to establish a long-distance gliding record at Muriwai Beacii this morning a wellknown Auckland glider pilot, Mr. 11. G. Pointon, railway employee, of Otahuhu, crashed on the sandhills and received a fractured leg and cuts to the face. The machine, a sailplane of the improved design, was badly smashed. With other members of the club, Mr. Pointon had been continuing regular week-end trials on extensive sand dunes. A strong but gusty wind was blowing, and after several good flights Mr. Pointon was caught by a side gust, and when at the height of 60 feet sideslipped. He was taken on an improvised stretcher, a distance of over a mile, to a boardinghouse, and thence by ambulance to Auckland.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 43, 14 November 1932, Page 10
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