CRASH IN ENGLAND.
PARACHUTES SAVE AIRMEN. ESCAPE OF NOTED PILOT. LONDON. May 5. While flying low over Farnborough Common in a gale, a Hnrsley aeroplane crashed. It was piloted by the Schneider Cup race pilot, Flight-Lieutenant Waghorn, who was accompanied by a test pilot, Mr. E. Alexander. The occupants seized parachutes and jumped, and were carried half-a-mile. Lieutenant Waghorn broke an ankle and his head was injured, which necessitated an operation. Mr. Alexander was cut on the leg. Both men were sent to hospital. The machine landed on tho roof of a factory and was smashed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 9
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CRASH IN ENGLAND.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 9
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