TWO DEAD IN ’PLANE SMASH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17525, 30 April 1925, Page 1

TWO DEAD IN ’PLANE SMASH.

| TRAGEDY IN N.S.W. BODIES BADLY BURNED. i i By Tele , sriaph—Dress Association—UopyTi.gii* j Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. I (Received April 30. 10.30 am.) j During an agricultural show at j Orange, an aeroplane owned and pilot- ! ed by Mr Thomas Lynn, a weii-known and experienced aviator, carrying a woman passenger. believed to be named Brown, passed over the gtounds, ancl when at an altitude of about a hundred and fifty feet went into a spiral action, took a sudden nose dive and crashed, striking the ground with terrific force. Then it burst into flames. When the onlookers, numbering hundreds, reached the scene Lynn was dead. The woman was alive, out before she could be extricated she was burned to death. Both bodies were charred beyond recognition. Prior to leaving the aerodrome Lynn who had been in indifferent health for some time, expressed the wish that a friend who had frequently driven the ’plane would give it a flight, as he did not feel fit for the job. ITis friend refused and Lynn said I that he won id try his luck. The friend ! later said that Lynn’s nerve seemed to ! have gone. Lately he was always comI plaining of heart trouble. ___