Moth Extensively Damaged In Crash
AUCKIiAND PILOT NOT SERIOUSLY
INJURED Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. Developing a spin when making a gliding turn between 300 and 400 feet over the Auckland Aero Club’s aerodrome at about midday on Saturday,’ a De Havilland Moth machine crashed in the mud to the left of the hangars. The pilot, Frank Fearnley, single, of Ofahuhu, escaped with facial injuries and was admitted, to the Auckland hospital where his condition was reported to be not serious. Mr. Fearnley is a pupil pilot and had done only four and a-half hours in the air. He was carrying out normal training practice when the machine went into a spin. The machine was extensively damaged.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 61, 14 March 1938, Page 6
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