SECRET BOMBERS
TESTS IN AMERICA TWO OF FOUR CRASH JANUARY FATALITY RECALLED (Received April 12, 6.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 11 Only two of the entries —a Stearman and a Glenn Martin —remain out of four secret bombers which have been undergoing tests for the selection of a standard type for the United States Government's air expansion programme. A 500,000-dollar twin-engined aeroplane entered by the North American Aviation Company crashed to-day and was destroyed by fire. The pilot was killed. The Douglas entry crashed in January, precipitating an inquiry by Congress because a French Air Ministry official was on board.
When the Douglas machine crashed during tests before Army chiefs the pilot parachuted to earth but was killed. Just before the wreckage of the aeroplane caught fire, the spectators were amazed to see a man crawl out. Ho was Captain Paul Chemidlin, a representative of the French Air Ministry. After the Congressional inquiry which this incident caused, President Roosevelt explained that the aeroplane had not yet been accepted by the Government and therefore the company had a perfect right to permit anybody to ride in it. "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23320, 13 April 1939, Page 11
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