TRAGEDY AT MASCOT
NOTED AIRMAN KILLED.
(Australian Press Association)
SYDNEY, Sept. 17
Dave Smith, an ’airman who recently attempted a flight to England, was killed at the Mascot Aerodrome this afternoon. His aeroplane was seen in trouble at a height of one hundred and fifty ,I'ect. Smith leaped out and bis mangled body was recovered fifty yards from the spot where his machine crashed in pieces. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY. Sept. IS. Smith who was quite a young man was trying out a. speedy Tiger Moth for Saturday’s air pageant when it is believed the engine seized, . hurling him out at a height of 3.00 feet, not 150 as cabled. His body struck and smashed a four inch beam in an old shed and then crashed to the ground. The machine was buried nearly five feet in a local nursery adjoining the aerodrome.
Smith and Sliiers attempted a (light to England last March and were forced down in a rice field near Bangkok on April 25 and the flight was- abandoned.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1930, Page 5
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