TRICK-FLYING OVER CITY
AIRMAN FINED [Per United Press Association.] PALMERSTON N.. January 25. Charged with trick-flying over Palmerston North at 7 a.m. on December 1, Major 6. A. 0. Cowper pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court. The police said several people had drawn a constable’s attention to a piano trick flying over the engine sheds adjoining the railway station. Trick flying over any portion of a city or thickly populated area was prohibited by the Aviation Act, 1918. Counsel for defendant claimed that the flying was being done over an area where there was room to land. Defendant gave evidence that there was no element of risk. He had chosen the area mentioned as, even at 300 ft, he could have landed in some fields further south. The magistrate imposed a fine of £2 as a warning. t ,
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Evening Star, Issue 21009, 25 January 1932, Page 12
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139TRICK-FLYING OVER CITY Evening Star, Issue 21009, 25 January 1932, Page 12
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