Aviation College
AEROPLANE COMES DOWN. LONDON, August 8. Pursuing two dirt-track motor cyclists, whom he endeavoured to bomb from the air with bags of flour for a wager of £25, Major MacConnell- had just completed the first circuit of the track in the presence of hundreds of excited spectators at Dovercourt, when he nosedived to earth and scattered the crowd. Three of the spectators, in addition to Major MacConnell and his mechanic, were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6628, 15 August 1931, Page 7
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79Aviation College Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6628, 15 August 1931, Page 7
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