FLYING PUPIL'S DARING.
REPAIR MADE IN MID-AIR.
CLIMB TO TAIL OF MACHINE
BRISBANE. AUK. 13. Pilot IT. I'raiu, of the Queensland and Northern Territory Aviation Service, tells a thrilling story of a novice pilot who, when on his first solo (light, was unable (o land. The pupil came down twice, but was unable to slop and rose into the air each time. Brain went after him in a small aeroplane and attempted to signal to the pupil who, to his amazement, tied back the controls and at a height of 1000 ft. climbed to the tail of his machine, made some adjustment, and then returned to the cockpit and landed .safely in a distant paddock, as did Bruin. When (lie pupil was asked what had happened, he calmly explained that something went wrong with the gear, which prevented Iho machine from remaining on the ground, and (he only course was to remedy the defect in mid-air. " You will do," was Brain's proud but laconic leply.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20333, 14 August 1929, Page 11
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165FLYING PUPIL'S DARING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20333, 14 August 1929, Page 11
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