ANOTHER ACCIDENT
TO CAPTAIN WILKINS’ PLANE,
ALASKAN BADLY DAMAGED P WHEN LEAVING FOR BARROW. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 1.5 p.m. to-day. VANCOUVER, May G. A message from Fairbanks reports that the aeroplane Alaskan, of the Wilkins expedition, was attempting to take off for the flight to Point Barron to-day, when it was seriously damaged. The propeller was .splintered, the wings torn to shreds, and the landing gear on the right side reduced to a tangled wreck. —Reuter. DETROITER TO BE USED. Received 2.15 p.m. to-day. VANCOUVER, May 6. Captain Wilkins lias announced that He will, fly in the Detroiter to Barrow.—Sydney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 May 1926, Page 7
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103ANOTHER ACCIDENT Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 May 1926, Page 7
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