DAVE SMITH KILLED
FATAL CRASH BT SYDNEY
SYDNEY, 17th September,
Dave Smith, who recently attempted a flight to England, was killed at the Mascot Aerodrome this afternoon.
Smith, who was quite a young man, was trying out a speedy Tiger Moth for Saturday's! air pageant, when it is believed his engine seized, hurling him out at a height of 300 feet.
His body struck and smashed a 4in beam in an old shed, and then crashed to the ground. The machine was buried nearly five feet in a local nursery adjoining tho aerodrome.
Smith with Shiers attempted a flight to England last March, but they were forced down in a ricefield near Bangkok on 25th April, and the flight was abandoned.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1930, Page 9
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