CRUSHED TO DEATH.
YOUNG PILOT’S FATE. MACHINE PLUNGES TO EARTH. NOSE-DIVED 1500 FEET. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received July 23, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 23. Roy Lovett (24), one of the Ballarat Aero Chib’s most promisingpilots, was killed when his machine nose dived from a height of 1500 feet. Lovett had just come out of a loop when lie plunged to earth. The nose of the machine drove nearly four feet into the ground. The plane was wrecked and the pilot sc\ctcly crushed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19315, 23 July 1934, Page 7
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84CRUSHED TO DEATH. Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19315, 23 July 1934, Page 7
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