A very heavy load of ballast caused an airliner, Albatross No. 2, a four-engineed land machine built at a cost of more than £30,000, to break its back while undergoing tests at Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, on August 27. The photograph shows the front portion of the aircraft being towed away for repairs.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21155, 30 September 1938, Page 16
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52A very heavy load of ballast caused an airliner, Albatross No. 2, a four-engineed land machine built at a cost of more than £30,000, to break its back while undergoing tests at Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, on August 27. The photograph shows the front portion of the aircraft being towed away for repairs. Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21155, 30 September 1938, Page 16
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