AVIATION
AVIATOR , KILLED. i /,; . . • -■ ■
'By . Electric Telegraphr-CopyrighO
(Per Bnjis Associatioa).
> ■--.. LONDON, Oct 3. ■ Major George Charlton Merrick, of Flying School, went ~up j.;a"t r Avon, but his machine! tutned turtle ;and he fell 150 feet- and was killed. ;Hisi's the first fatality with thn .Short ibiplaoe. ■-*:■. • ■.;-
LONDON, Oct 5
. Merrick was (Hying under perfect and apparently "dipped" the !hea<l' of the aieroplan* too sharplj'.and was -thrown out. The aeroplane over turned but contimued for a. hundred 'yards reaching *the iground slightly •damaged.. ~ v ~
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Grey River Argus, 6 October 1913, Page 5
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