AEROPLANE WRECKED
HIT HAIYSTACK IN LANDING NIGHT-FLYING TEST PILOT ESCAPES LIGHTLY [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHHISTCHURCH, Sunday While doing-half an hour's nightflying test for a B licence at Wigram last night, a member of the Marlborough Club, Mr. E. J. Speight, made a low approach when coming in to land. The machine struck a. haystack on the south side of the aerodrome and was almost completely wrecked. The pilot escaped with a slight cut on the forehead. Mr. Speight had passed all the other tests for a B licence in the previous three days and was doing a nightflying test under the observation of examining officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He flew the machine, a Canadian Fleet two-seater training biplane, belonging to the Marlborough Club, from Blenheim on Wednesday, and last night was the first clear night on which night-flying could be done.
Officials of the club flow down to-day to inspect the machine after it had been lifted,from the haystack. The wreckage was packed on a lorry for the return to Blenheim. Except for the engine, the machine is practically a complete write off.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23026, 2 May 1938, Page 8
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