larly broadcast an aviation session from an Auckland radio station. Former Tragedies Recalled Two parachutists previously jumped to death in New Zealand The first tragedy occurred at Oamaru on May 2, 1931, when the Norwegian expert Lieutenant Qviller fell 5400 feet and his parachute failed to open. Similar circumstances resulted in the death of “Scotty" Fraser, a pupil of Lieutenant Qviller, who fell 1500 feet, the same distance as Sellars, into the waters of Lyall Bay on March 28, 1936.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23542, 4 July 1938, Page 10
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