LIEUT ROD CARR
HAS FURTHER TROUBLE. MAKES DIFFICULT LANDING. WITH SEVEN TON LOAD. A C’COMPL ISI IE D ON L Y 100 MILES. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable). London, June 19. Lieut. Carr’s forced landing at Martleslmm with an unprecedented seven ton load is regarded as a masterpiece. Onlookers say he alighted as light as a leather. There was not a vestige of damage to the machine. This minor 'mishap attended the flight preliminaries. The heavy load hurst a tyre the moment the ma-chine-left the hangar and tlie start was delayed for a replacement. . Carr taxied half a mile. Spectators breathed a sigh of relief when the'machine rose. ..But on t ravelling 90 minutes and covering a- distance of a limit 100 miles the aviators then noticed oil spraying the iusilage, while the oil gauge , registered ml. Therefore it was impossible to proceed until the cause was -investigated. 'The postponement is disappointing as the airmen waited several days for a favourable change of wind.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19270620.2.43
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1131, 20 June 1927, Page 5
Word Count
163LIEUT ROD CARR Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1131, 20 June 1927, Page 5
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.