I I THE “WAVERLEY" MODEL. B.S.A. BICYCLE FOR 20/deposit and 10£ months at 20/- monthly, or £lO/10/- Cash. We Pay Freight. >, Ltd. B.S.A. Stockists Next H. 8.,” Octago^j A marvellous feat for a man with only one leg lias been performed,by Captain Willy Coppens, D. 5.0., M.C., Belgium’s famous ace, who - during the war brought down 36 enemy aeroplanes. Captain Coppens jumped with a parachute and landed safely from a height of 6540 yards—near four miles—at Villacoublay, Paris. Captain Coppens’ war career earned him mention in despatches 38 times. ■ Another of his achievements is that he flew 52 cross-channel flights in two years in rain, snow, wind, and fog, with only two forced landings. As he had only one leg a special device had to be fitted to. enable him to control-the machine. _ Motor accidents in Britain are respon- ‘ sible for nearly 12 deaths every day. There arc about 200,000 motor accidents a yeaf.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20643, 15 February 1929, Page 10
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