AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1924, Page 2

AVIATION

AIR SAIASIiKS. La y •JT.mxut.u'ji—riot rituss association.] I'OX DON, March 3. Am the result of colliding in mid-air, wiicii preparing to laud at the siioweoverixl Duxlord Aerodrome, two Air l'orcc machines crashed, and the pilot • f one, mid a pupil in another weio killed instantly. 'Two others were severely injured.

Another crash occurred at the Bigiii Gil! Aerodrome, two occupants being killed, and a third injured. The lat-t-T machine fell while .stuntl'mg for the Empire Kxhihition films. IN I E Rt’() U)NJ A L FUG 11 I’. SYDNEY, Alarch 3. There is considerable interest in a proposal by a New Zealander, 11. A. J. Wilson, who arrived by the Niagara, to Uv from Sydney to Auckland, in company with Lieut. E. S. Briggs, now pilot in the South Australian Aerial Mail Service. If negotiations to secure a suitable machine, and other arrangements are .successful. the proposal is to leave Sydney two days after the departure of the British Squadron for New Zealand so that in the event ol" mishap, the presence of the warships will render thorn handy to assist. Many airmen here consider the llight feasible without milch attendant danger. SYDNEY. Alarch 4. Wilson proceeded to Adelaide where he hopes to secure a machine required for his Highl.