AEROPLANE CAPSIZES.
CAREER ACROSS AERODROME. NO PILOT IN THE MACHINE. [BT TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Monday. Careering round the Rongotai aerodrome without a pilot, a Gipsy Moth aeroplane belonging to the Western Federated Flying Club, New Plymouth, finished its course by capsizing.
A pupil, in starting the machine, swung the propeller with the throttle wide open. With a roar, the engine started. The machine lurched forward, but the man who started it immediately threw himself flat upon the ground and the wing of the machine passed above him.
Gathering speed, the aeroplane raced ahead and then swerved. Ifc went on a curving course and then tipped up and went completely over. The propeller was broken and damage was done to the wings and a, fin.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20818, 10 March 1931, Page 11
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125AEROPLANE CAPSIZES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20818, 10 March 1931, Page 11
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