CRASH MASS SOUTH ISLAND AS PAGEMANT
Christchurch Pilot Severely Injured
ISpecial to "Nbrtnern Advocate."}' GREYMOUTH, This Day.
During the South Island official air pageant at Hokitika on Saturday afternoon, a Gipsy Moth piloted by Mr Frank Sharman, of Christchurch, crashed when landing for the last time in the senior landing competition. \ Mr Sharman received a fracture of the skull,, and his condition is reported to be serious.
When Mr Sharman was about 50 feet off the ground he seemed to be landing slowly. Suddenly the left wing dipped, and, before he could correct his position, the wing touched the ground and collapsed.
The nose of the aeroplane hit the ground, smashing both propeller blades to splinters, arid then the machirie righted itself. Mr Sharman was removed to the Westland Hospital after treatment, and his condition is reported to be serious. The plane, which belonged to the Canterbury Aero Club, was constructed of parts of a machine in which a pilot, Mr J. Renton, and Mr J. D. Lynch crashed and were killed on the side of Mt. Turiwhati in 1923.
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Northern Advocate, 22 March 1937, Page 5
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