“ AND THAT IS HOW BAD THE WEATHER WAS”
(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received November 29, 8.30 a.m.) SAN DIEGO, November 28. Gerald Nettleton, aged 20, was trying to establish a new trans-Continental record for juniors. He ran into fog and became hopelessly lost. He stepped off the monoplane at 10,000 feet altitude and floated gently to earth in a parachute. The ’plane crashed a mile from where he safely landed. Nettleton said: “ The weather was so soupy with rain and fog that I could not see ten feet. The instruments froze and there was nothing left but to jump, so I levelled the machine, cut off the switch, closed the throttle and rolled out of the door. I fell for several minutes and did not see the earth till it was 200 feet away. That is how bad the weather was.” 4
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19240, 29 November 1930, Page 1
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