AIRPLANE TRAGEDY.
AN UNFIT PILOT.
(B? CABLE—PRESS, ASSOCIATION'— COPTMqHT.) (A.UaTp£t4As A_Nl> K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.^
STONEY, April 30,
In connexion with the tragedy at the Qrango Agricultural Show, ■when an airplane piloted by Thomas Ljan and parrying a woman passenger named Brown c?ashed and burst into, flakes, the occupants being killed, it is said that prior to leaving the airdrqme, Lynn, who had beep in indifferent health for some time, expressed a wish that ft friend who had frequently driven the 'plana would give it a flight, as he did not feel fit f6r the job. The friend refused, and Lynn said that he would try his luck. The friend later said that Lynn's nerve seemed to have gone lately, and he wfts always complaining of heart trouble,. (Received April 30th, 9.55 p.m.*) The name of the.woman victim ia now ascertained to bo Mrs Harriet Hickey. Lynn had been refused a, pilot's license by 'the Civil Aviation Department some time ago on tho ground of medical unfitness.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18370, 1 May 1925, Page 9
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