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DARING INVENTOR.

TEST OF SHOCK-ABSORBER. VOLUNTARY CRASH FROM CLIFF. PARIS, March 25. A daring feat was performed by Albert Sauvan, inventor of a shock absorber which he claims will render aeroplanes pi'onf. In order to test his invention lie entered a machine which had neither wings nor engine and allowed it to be pushed off the edge of a precipice near Grasse. The machine fell into a ravine 600 ft. below, after it had struck the cliff several times. It landed with a terrific crash. Sauvan's friends believed lie must have been killed, but lie jumped out uninjured. , Several times the police had prevented the test being carried out, but this time Sauvan was able to find a deserted spot. He said ha was a bit shaken, but was satisfied with the result.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21142, 28 March 1932, Page 9

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DARING INVENTOR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21142, 28 March 1932, Page 9

DARING INVENTOR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21142, 28 March 1932, Page 9