CRASH AT CROYDON
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’PLANE AVITH ROBOT PILOT. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) 1 Received February 28, 1.35 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 27. The ’plane with the robot pilot crashed at Croydon to-dav while unclergoing its final test flight. Three of the crew were seriously injured. Mr A. AV. MacArthur-Onslow was not aboard. A cablegram from London on February 20 stated that Reynolds News said that a ’plane with one human and one robot pilot would take off from Croydon for Australia as soon as weather conditions were favourable. The ’plane was the result of over two years of experimenting. The robot apparatus was capable of flying the machine on a set course, correcting winddrift or tendency to stall. The pilot with the machine would be Mr A. AA r . MacArthur-Onslow.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 77, 28 February 1938, Page 10
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