HEWETT AND KAY
DETAILS Oi' MISHAP CHARLEVILLE, Nov. 1. Flyers who have passed through Charlovillc during the last -18 hours have described the accident which, beftdl Squardou-Lcadcr He wot l and Flying-Officer Kay at Cloncunv. It appears that their plane was moored at. the tail end, and in taking oil' the stern mooring was overlooked. ,As the machine rose in. the air the tail mooring caught, in the fence. The wing, the spars, and the rudder-post were damaged. They had checked out just before the accident, so that the time they are now on- the ground will be counted against them in the handicap event.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18550, 9 November 1934, Page 8
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105HEWETT AND KAY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18550, 9 November 1934, Page 8
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