AEROPLANE WRECKED.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1809, 23 July 1913, Page 10

AEROPLANE WRECKED.

ACCIDENT IN NEW SOUTH WALES. A FALL OF FIFTY FEET. • Aviator A. W. Jones, the young Queenslander, who mado a successful flight from the showground on Saturday, met with a mishap this morning i ust as he was about to start on a flight to Newcastle. _ Fortunately he was not seriously injured, and'the damage to 'his biplane can easily be repaired. ■ During the night tlio biplane had been exposed to the moist atmosphere, .which slackened fho planes, and it was this that really led to the smash'. Jones intended making an early start, but waited for a couple of hours for the planes to dry. The morning was dull and the process of drying slow. . Shortly after 10 o'clock, Joues decided to make a start, but the machine did not ri*e as' smartlv as oil Saturday. After travelling about 150 yards, and when up some 50ft., a gust of wind tilted the biplane, and before tho aviator could right it the machine struck the ground. Jones fell amongst the wreckage, but was uninjured, except for a few oruises. He was wearing an aviator's helmet, which saved his head from injury. Tho machine was bent and twisted, the woodwork being badly damaged, -and one blade of the propeller smashed. Luckily the engine was not seriously damaged. Speaking afterwards of the accident, .Tones explained that the slackness of the planes hampered his flight, and that he was not sufficiently high to enable liim to right tho biplane before it struck fflie ground. Ho lias made 130 successful flights.

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