A LUCKY AVIATOR.
DEATH TWICE EVADED. SENSATIONAL DESCENTS. LONDON, Jim® 30. Falling backward from an uncontrollable upside-down spinning aeroplane in the vicinity of Brooklands, Captsia Scbofield owes his life to the parochutc, by means of which he dropped 400 ft., and landed unharmed, while the machine crashed. Captain Schofield had a wonderful escape last week, when hall his propeher became detached and broke off portions of the engine and he planed down 11,000 ft. __________
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19372, 6 July 1926, Page 11
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74A LUCKY AVIATOR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19372, 6 July 1926, Page 11
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