AIRMAN AT RICCARTON.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 23, 21 August 1917, Page 7

AIRMAN AT RICCARTON.

EXHIBITION OV"R COURSE. Shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday interest in the racing at Ricvarton was entirely interrupted by tne arri " 1 vol over the course of a:i aeroplane from the Canterbury Aviation Com- " pany's grounds. The big biplane, 1 with Hill at the helm (states an ox- \ change), flew over the course m a steady breeze, and, amidst the cheers J of the spectators gave an exhibition ; of flying, banking high in turning un- " til the cart-wheel was nearly down, \ and nose-diving, followed by a steady [ ' planing with his engine shut off. He circled round the course several times, t flying now high, now low. The machine was put through its paces grace- • ' fully Mid easily. Several times the , aviator passed up and down over the I lawn, and after coming low to wave I an acknowledgment of the applause, he mounted again and made off back to the aviation ground at Canterbury I Park, after providing at once an entertaining interlude and a fi*-e lesson of the ease and confidence with which the expert bird-man can fly.