RISKY SPORT.
TOWEI) BY AEROPLANE. TWO RECKLESS SKIERS. by cable—press association—COPYßlGHT LONDON, Feb. 4. A thrilling spectacle was witnessed at San Moritz Lake, where Lord Northesk and Prince Odesalchi on skis attached themselves to an aeroplane and swirled around the lake, holding on to a wooden bar fixed to the aeroplane by a rope. The skiers were often jerked off their feet into the air, but held on grimly until they were travelling at 40 miles an hour. They thus circled the lake five times, when the skiers signalled that they had had enough. The aviator showed great skill in keeping the machine low at a fairly regular level. Fokker, who watched the - feat, now proposes to take a, bob-sleigh party in similar fashion.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 6 February 1925, Page 5
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