Aviation in Emergency
Aeroplanes were used in two races against death in (Scotland recently. James Lockerbie, aged 42, collapsed m the field of his croi't on Islay, one of tho Hebridean islands. A doctor said an immediate operation was necessary. An aeroplane, sent to the island from Renfrew, flew' Lockerbie to Glasgow. He is recovering. Miss Nellie Martin, sister in a Dumfries nursing home, received a message from tho Isle of Skye that her mother was dying. She flew to Renfrew, changed into another ’plane and flew to Skye. Her mother died two hours before her arrival.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 236, 6 October 1936, Page 2
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97Aviation in Emergency Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 236, 6 October 1936, Page 2
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