CRASHED 600 FT.
AND CAME OUT ALIVE SHOCK ABSORBER TESTED •,fg,.,i ■■ (Received March 26, 2 p.m.) PARIS, March 25. Albert Sauvan, in order to test a new shock absorber, which he claims will render aeroplanes crashproof, pushed a machine which had neither wings nor engine into a ravine 600 ft. below. The machine struck the cliff several times and landed with a. terriffic crash; •His friends believed Sauvan must be killed, but he jumped out uninjured. The police several times prevented the test, but this time Sauvau: was able to find a deserWd. spot. He says he is a bit shaken up, but he is satisfied with the result.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17738, 26 March 1932, Page 13
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