STOLE A PLANE
BOGUS PILOT ARRESTED. (United- Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Sydney, September 22. A young passenger accompanied the pilot in the stolen plane when the machine crashed. The joyrider calmly arranged for the transport of the wrecked plane to the Mascot Aerodrome. He assisted to dismantle the Moth and secured a lorry and rode as far as St. Peter’s, a suburb near Mascot, with it. The bogus pilot then gave the driver a note and told him the Mascot authorities would pay, and left the lorry. Later the man was arrested .at Brisbane. A previous message stated: A young aviator, whose identity is not disclosed, gained notoriety on Sunday and also narrowly escaped death. He stole an aeroplane from Hargrave Park Aerodrome, intending to be # the first to land. an aeroplane at Katoomba. However, he crashed in Granville, a suburb, and severely damaged the machine, but he escaped injury.
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Southland Times, Issue 21195, 23 September 1930, Page 7
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149STOLE A PLANE Southland Times, Issue 21195, 23 September 1930, Page 7
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