ITALIAN AIRMAN’S DEATH
TESTING NEW MACHINE. • HOPED TO BEAT RECORD, (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) ROME, Jan. 19. The Italian flier Wairant-Oflioer Tom a sco Dal Molin, who was kille d on Lake Garda to-day, was. testing a new machine with which it was hoped to beat the British Schneider Cup record of 328.63 miles an hour. Ho had attained an enormous speed, but the machine in •turning sideslipped, and nosedived into the lake,
The tragedy recalls the death of Captain Motta in August at the same spot. That crash led the Italian Government to seek- unsuccessfully a postponement of the Schneider Cup race. WarrantOfficer Dal Molin, who was 27 years of age, was second in the race, in which British fliers were first and third.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 21 January 1930, Page 2
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