AEROPLANE FATALITY.
SPEED RECORD ATTEMPT. MACHINE BURSTS INTO FLAMES. (Received December (3. 5.5 p.m.) DETROIT, Dec. 5. An airman, Lowell R. Bayles, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was killed to-day when his aeroplane struck the ground and burst into flames while he was making an attempt on the world's air speed record for a land machine. A. few days ago he attained a speed of 281.9 miies an hour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21049, 7 December 1931, Page 9
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67AEROPLANE FATALITY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21049, 7 December 1931, Page 9
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