A FIRE IN MID-AIR.
EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN A 81-PLANE. LANDING EFFECTED IN NICK OF TIME. [UNITED PE ESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT] (Received Mav 27. 11.30 p.mA . LONDON, May 27. The aviator Pizo-y. with Mr. Fellows as a passenger, ascended at Salisbury to a height of 1200 feet in a Bristol bi-plane. The inlet valve then broke and the flames darted across and caught the carburetter. Pizey switched off the petrol and commenced a steep and exciting volplane. The front seat became so hot that Fellows was compelled to stand up on it. 'The maclune made a splendid landing and both jumped out, and a minute afterwards the tank exploded, wrecking the bi-plane.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3943, 28 May 1913, Page 5
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