N.Z. Plane Crash Feared
[Per Press Association. Copyright .l CHRISTCHURCH, This Day, An aeroplane, piloted by PilotOfficer Lloyd Parry, of Christchurch, is feared to have crashed in the mountains between Bealey and Otira yesterday, on a flight from Christchurch to Greymouth. The missing ’plane was a Tiger Moth, owned by the West Coast United Aero Club, and left Wigram on the return flight to Greymouth at 3.15 p.m.
There were no passengers. The machine did not arrive at the expected time at Greymouth, and anxiety was felt for its safety.
The machine when last seen was about to fly into southerly clouds over the most difficult and mountainous section of the route to Greymouth. A search party set out from Otira late yesterday, and is still out seeking for signs of the missing ’plane in the mountains about Arthur's Pass.
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Northern Advocate, 28 July 1939, Page 8
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