PLANES CRASH TOGETHER
ACCIDENT NEAP GEJIALDiNE. NONE OE 4 OCCUPANTS TiUiiT. Two Government pianos, one piloted by AM Jig Commander Grant Dalton, Director of Civil Aviation, who had a passenger, and Hie other piloted by Plight Sergeant Simpson, who had as passenger Flight Sergeant L. A. Dini, crashed near Silverton, the homestead of Mr. J. M. H. Tripp, 14 miles from Geraldine, shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, when returning from Dunedin to Christchurch, The four airmen escaped with a severe shaking. Atmospheric conditions were particularly bad, clouds being low and electric disturbances taking place in the vicinity. Air pockets gave trouble and without a moment's warning the planes crashed almost simultaneously.
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Patea Mail, Volume LII, 25 February 1931, Page 2
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112PLANES CRASH TOGETHER Patea Mail, Volume LII, 25 February 1931, Page 2
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