LAUNCESTON AIR TRAGEDY

Northern Advocate, 7 February 1936, Page 5

LAUNCESTON AIR TRAGEDY

Bomber’s Crash Into Crowd

l United Press Associatlon.-By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. ] (Received 10 a.m.) LAUNCESTON, February 8. TRAGIC ACCIDENT OCCURRED TODAY AT SWANSEA, 80 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF LAUNCESTON.

An air bomber failed to rise at the landing ground, and crashed into a croiod of spectators. Mrs A.

T. Collon and Miss Jean Collon were killed and other persons were injured.

The bomber, with three others, had been flown from Point Cook aerodrome in order to carry out air exercises. The occupants also wen? instructed to photograph extensive parts of the country south of Launceston.

ROSE TRIES AGAIN

(Received 10 a.m.)

LONDON, February 6,

Flight-Lieutenant Thomas Rose left Lmypne at 12.25 a.m. today in an attempt to break the England-Capetown record.

He is using the same machine in which he started in his previous attempt on January 7, when he crashed at the Abbeville aerodrome, France. He won the King’s Cup air race last year in the same machine.

The airman reached M.arlta 45 minutes ahead of the record time.

IN LIGHT PLANE

(Received 10 a.m.)

LONDON, February 6,

A few hours after Flight-Lieutenant Rose had departed, Flying-Officer Llewellyn, who recently made a record flight from the Cape to England, left Hansworth for the Cape in a midget plane, with a 12 horse-power engine, and a cruising speed of 35 miles per hour. He wants to demonstrate that long-distance flying is within the means of everyone. The total cost of an England-to-Capetown flight should not exceed £lO, approximately Jd per mile.

AIR MAIL FROM LISBON

[British Official Wireless.] (Received 10 a.m.) RUGBY, February 5. The air liner City of Lisbon made her first flight on the new Lisbon air mail service yesterday. Leaving Lisbon with mail, freight and passengers she flew to Croydon.