Aeroplane Makes Forced Landing
FOG- ENCOUNTERED ON WAY TO WIGRAM, Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. A heavy fog encountered over Belfast this evening resulted in a Moth aeroplane piloted by R. Grant being forced to land in a lucerne paddock on the property of J. R. D. Johns. Grant, with F. Molloy as a passenger, left Blenheim this afternoon about 4.30 and was expected to roach Wigram shortly before seven. Visibility became very bad and Grant decided to land. This was done without mishap, but the pilot found it difficult to avoid landing in a field in which cows were grazing,
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 74, 28 March 1936, Page 5
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