TOO LOW FLYING
DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.
LONDON, October 3
An Oxford Rowing Blue, named Hugh Robert Arthur Edwards, of Kensington, was fined £2O at Marlow, on September 25th. for pilotng an aeroplane which had not been certified as airworthy and for not carrying a certificate of airworthiness.
Captain Reginald Berkeley, the playwright and author, said that while playing lawn tennis in bis garden with a. friend on June Ist startled by a low-flying aeroplnne. He took the number and reported the matte) to the Aii- Ministry.
Edwards said that be paid the Air Ministry for a certificate for a wholeyear. They required two modifications to be made to aeroplanes before issuing an airworthiness certificate for a year, and only issued the certificate to March 18th. He had the modifications made and reported the matter to the Ministry, but they would not grant the certificate until the aeroplane had been inspected. The Bench decided, in view of the great danger to the public iri flying uncertified aircraft, to impose a fine of £lO on each charge.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1930, Page 6
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