MAN DROPS THROUGH PLANE FLOOR BUT GLIDES TO SAFETY
(Eeceived 10, 10.30 a.m.) BEELIN, May 9. During a sudden swerve in a gust of wind. whlle making a test flight ln an aeroplane at the Dornier works, a mechanic nained Hipp inadvertdntly clutched a lever opening an emergency floor-trap, through which he disappeared. Hipp landed safely by means of his parachute and trudged home on foot with the parachute tucked under his arm.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 97, 11 May 1937, Page 9
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73MAN DROPS THROUGH PLANE FLOOR BUT GLIDES TO SAFETY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 97, 11 May 1937, Page 9
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