GIANT PLANE’S DIVE
I'nr.ll*: 'AN——' :;/J , United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]. MEXICO CITY, May 11. Colonel Pablo Sidar, and Ins copilot, Lieutenant ltovi . Rosa, were killed in attempting a non-stop flight from Cerroloco, in Mexico, to Buenos Ayres. The aviators were attempting to land at Port Limon, in Costa Pica,' on a count of a, storm, but the great silver, and gold monoplane which they nyefb -flying dived .-into-'"the shallow sea three miles ■aiyay... - j Colonel Sidar jumped, but be wasj killed. It is believed 'that they: w< re; attempting to better the Frenchman, Captain Costes’ non-stop record. Colonel Sjdar’s mechanic, despite; 1 1 is strenuous objections, was leit behind to save weight, and the mechanic; thus escaped the disaster. 'Mexico City is now in mourning for the fate of its popular air hero.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1930, Page 6
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