BUILT FROM WASTE MATERIAL. —This aeroplane, although it will not actually fly, is almost the same size as a real machine and is made entirely of driftwood and kerosene tins, the builder being Mr. J. W. Ashford, lighthouse keeper at Farewell Spit, whose two children are seen in tho eockpit. The machine is water tight and can float in the sea with its two passengers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 12
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65BUILT FROM WASTE MATERIAL.—This aeroplane, although it will not actually fly, is almost the same size as a real machine and is made entirely of driftwood and kerosene tins, the builder being Mr. J. W. Ashford, lighthouse keeper at Farewell Spit, whose two children are seen in tho eockpit. The machine is water tight and can float in the sea with its two passengers. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 12
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