MM UP BY WATERSPOUT.
pxpericj't c lK*f«*l V Soltau, a pilot of Wilrecently, while living: Victoria in a Puss Moth th Mr -I. S. King, Tana C'oinmi.ssioner of Police, as Between Mwnnza and Captain Solt.au saw before browni-h cloud and de f, t above it. He rose to and then suddenly found that was out of control and was being ?ucked upa fenitying speed amid a r >f hailstones. Captain SolB l O, F the engine and confined to steering. Fortunately the ■jno not fret into a spin, and r > minutes lie was able to der. hoijrht of IT.OOOi't On it wrt- found that the fabric BP' tail, and fuselage had c ' ped off and the whole ' Vfl s encrusted with ice. It that the cloud was the tunnel of a waterspout which Bfovrnina. Waterspouts are not Bottoo ou Lahe Vietoria.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume LXII, Issue 39, 11 March 1935, Page 3
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141MM UP BY WATERSPOUT. Waipawa Mail, Volume LXII, Issue 39, 11 March 1935, Page 3
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