FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED
WING OF MACHINE SNAPS. [By Electric Cable—Copyright., [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 8.30 p.m.) PAXiIS, Oct. 27. Lieutenant Robin and Sergeant Lapatio were taking part in an endurance flight at Villa Coublay, and when at a height of six hundred feet, while flying at 125 miles per hour, a wing snapped. The machine dropped like a stone, and both were killed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3491, 29 October 1926, Page 7
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