AVIATION IN THE WAIRARAPA.
SHORT FLIGHT AT PIGEON,BUSH. Five brief flights in a monoplane were niado yesterday morning at Pigeon Bush by Mr. Reginald White, of Wellington. The machine with which tho ascetits were made is a locally-built one, designed by Mr. Percy Fisher, and was taken up to the Wairarapa 6omo months ago to Mr. Barton's property at Pigeon Bush, where tho experiments with it have been conducted. The weather lias been somewhat too windy to permit of much flying being attempted, and it was not until yesterday that tho monoplane was got fairly into the air. The five flights woro each of about 200 yards, and were made at an elevation of from 20ft. to 30ft. Tho machine is stated to have behaved admirably and to have prcved its stability. If tho weather is fair it is hoped to nmko a more extensive flight to-day. Mr. White, who made yesterday's flights, is gaining his first experiences as an aviator.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1736, 29 April 1913, Page 6
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161AVIATION IN THE WAIRARAPA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1736, 29 April 1913, Page 6
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