MISHAP TO AEROPLANE.
CAPSIZE AFTER LANDING. OCCUPANTS ESCAPE INJURY. [from our own correspondent.] HAMILTON. Monday. A mishap occurred to a Desouttcr threeseater cabin monoplane piloted by Captain It. P. Money, of Hamilton, ju?t after landing at the Te Papa aerodrome shortly before five o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Captain Money, who had taken part in the aerial demonstration at Te Papa during the afternoon, was returning to the landing ground with two passengers, Messrs. J. Clapham and V. Meyer. The machine had landed, but was still rolling when the pilot made a turn toward the place where more passengers were waiting. One wheel went down a hole in the surface of the aerodrome and the machine lifted on to its breaking tho propeller and causing slight damago to one wing-tip. The pilot and passengers escaped with slight bruises.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21166, 26 April 1932, Page 8
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137MISHAP TO AEROPLANE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21166, 26 April 1932, Page 8
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