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MISHAP TO AEROPLANE. ELECTRIC POWER LINES FOULED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Monday. A mishap occurred to one of New Zealand Airways ’aeroplanes at North Taieri. The aeroplane, which was a Spartan piloted by Flight-Lieut, Symons, who was accompanied by a passenger, fouled the electric power lines in the vicinity of the aerodrome, and came to grief. Fortunately it was a tailskid that struck the wires. Two power lines were pulled down, but ihe plane was not damaged and the occupants escaped injury. /
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18166, 3 November 1930, Page 5
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