AEROPLANE CRASH

Northern Advocate, 20 November 1934, Page 5

AEROPLANE CRASH

FLIER FATALLY HURT NEW ZEALAND INSTRUCTOR. BOMBAY EPISODE. [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Received 9 a.m.) BOMBAY. November 19. Flight-Lieutenant A. Binley. a New Zealand instructor to the Bombay Flying Club, was fatally injured today in a crash at Jehu aerodrome.-Flight-Lieutenant Binley recently conducted an instructional flight of four young Indian members of the I Bombay Club to England and hack, i An Englishman named Ring was piloting the machine which crashed. Deceased was a clever doctor. He played in the Rugby trial for the All Black tour of 1927. His mother at present is in Melbourne, on her way to visit him. VICTIM'S CAREER. GENERAL ABILITY. DESERT INCIDENT RECALLED. t Per Press Association. — Copyright. ] BLENHEIM, This Day.. Flight-Lieutenant Allan Keith Hilton Binley, who lost his life in an air accident near Bombay, was 27 years of age, and was the youngest son of Mrs A. Binley and the late Mr J, Binley, of Blenheim. He was born in Blenheim and educated at Blenheim High School and Marlborough College. After a short period in the Post and Telegraph Department, he joined the staff of the Bank of New South Wales and was transferred to the Wanganui branch. He then became interested in aviation arfd worked his passage to England and succeeded in securing an appointment to the Royal Air Force. After serving in England he was stationed at Amman in Transjordania. He visited New Zealand on furlough at Christmas, 1931. Shortly after his return he secured an appointment as instructor to the Bombay Flying Club, and recently he added to the history of British aviation by making a pioneer flight from India to England with a fleet of club planes piloted by four of his native trainees. On the return journey the planes were forced down in the desert 200 miles from Basra and Flight-Lieutenant Binley earned warm commendation, for his handling of a difficult situation before the party was ultimately rescued.

His mother left Blenheim recently to visit him in Bombay and is at present in Sydney. His brother, Mr Jack Binley, resides in Sydney, and there are two sisters —Mrs T. Watson, of East Bay, and Miss Mary Binley, Dunedin. TASMAN CROSSING. WHITEHEAD VENTURE. FURTHER POSTPONEMENT. (Received 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 19. The New Zealand airman, Mr R. Whitehead and his companion, Mr R. Nicholl, have been advised by the Weather Bureau that there is still a cyclonic disturbance over the Tasman which is not likely to clear for two or three days. The airman, therefore, have deferred their flight to New Zealand. TRANS-PACIFIC TEST. HUGE AMERICAN CRAFT. NEW YORK, November 18. A message from Bridgeport, Connecticut, states that a giant flying-boat, with a cruising range of 3000 miles, is now being tested by Pan-American Airways for ultimate experimental trans-Pacific flight. EN ROUTE TO BATHURST. . MASTER OF SEMPILL. (Received 9 a.m.) KOEPANG, November 19. The Master of Sempill, who is flying to Australia from England, left Koepang this morning for Bathurst, western New South Wales.- ■