SAVED BY PARACHUTES
FRENCH AIRMEN’S DROP ’PLANE CAUGHT IN AIR POCKET, DASHED TO PIECES. Received May 17, 8 p.m. (A. & N.Z.) PARIS, May 17. A strange accident occurred at the Villa Coublay Aerodrome. At the height of 1000 feet an aeroplane ran into an air pocket. The fall jerked out the pilot, but he was carrying a parachute which immediately opened. Meanwhile the mechanic remained in the ’plane, but was unable to control it, so he too jumped out, and tho two airmen came down safely. The aeroplane nose-dived and was completely destroyed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19843, 18 May 1927, Page 7
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