FORCED LANDING
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- ■ Pilot In Trouble WHen Engine Cuts Out
(By Talagrapb-
BLENHEIM, This Day. Moon after taking off from Blenheim aerodrome on' a flight to Masterton yesterday afternpoUj Mr K. Johnston, pilot instructor to the Wairarapa Aero Club, made a forced landing at Ocean Bay, near Port Underwood, the engine of his machin ©, an Avro Avian, cuttingj out owing to magneto trouble The pilot was faced with the position of making a hurried selection of a landing ground in hilly country, and he suo"ceeded in making an excellent landing on a rough, sloping paddock without injury to himself and only slight damage to the plane. 1 Mr Johnston was making a return flight to Masterton from Christchurch, where he had been attending a blind flying course. Mr Johnston tspent the night at Ocean Bay and came on to Blenheim this morning. Only slight repairs are necessary to put the plan© in flying order.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 89, 1 May 1937, Page 5
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