PERILS IN THE AIR,
FATAL SMASHES IN AUSTRALIA. (United P-ess Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received June 1, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 31. A light aeroplane crashed from a height of 500 ft at Tamworth, and the pilot Frank Mitchell, aged 35 years, and Harry West, flying student, were killed instantly. Mitchell was one of the best known aviators in Sydney. He was chief mechanic of the Aero Club. He was conducting a flying school for students at Tamworth, and had completed some aerobatics, when the sightseers were horror-stricken to see the propellor become detached and whizz through space. It landed on a housetop. The machine went into a tail spin, then nose dived into the main street, where it was smashed to pieces. The occupants were dreadfully injured.
SPEEDING TO RELIEVE SICKNESS. FLYING PARTY KILLED (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) VANCOUVER, May 30. A Minneapolis physician, a nurse and the pilot of an aeroplane, who were speeding to perform an urgent operation, were all killed when the ’plane crashed within ten miles of its destination.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18583, 2 June 1930, Page 9
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