GLIDING MACHINE CRASHES
THE PILOT BRUISED [Per Pi ess Association.] HAMILTON, IDee. 15. The inaugural flight of the Hamilton Gliding Club ended disastrously yesterday when the machine nose-dived from a height of 30ft. and Jas Hunter, the pilot, aged 23. was badly bruised and shaken. Failing in an attempt to raise the machine by man power, it was hitched on to a motor truck. The machine rose, banked, and fell to the ground with considerable force.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 450, 16 December 1930, Page 7
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