STRUCK BY AEROPLANE.
IN MAN'S OWN GARDEN. A man aged 70 was knocked down, but was unhurt, when a light aeroplane made a forced landing in his garden recently, snys a London newspaper. He was Mr. William Blackman. of Heston. Middlesex, whose house is close to Heston airport. The aeroplane was slightly damaged, but its occupant, Mr. Ralph Milbank, was unhurt.
Mr. Milbank is an air pupil and was undergoing one of the tests to qualify for a pilot's licence. He had to land on the aerodrome front a height of at least 8000't. without, using his engine. The machine glided down, but the pilot misjudged the distance, and people, were horrified to see the machine skimming over the chimney-pots, too low to make the aerodrome. Fortunately its speed was not. high, and as it. landed Mr. Blackman was merely bowled over.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21030, 14 November 1931, Page 3 (Supplement)
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