THE BIGGEST THRILL
OF 156 YEAR-OLD TURK. <Unit«d Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—CopyrigLt) , LONDON.,. May 11. “It is the biggest thrill since J fought against Napoleon,” said the one hundred and fifty-six years old Turk, Earo Agha, whose wrinkled face was wreathed in a toothless smile, after bin first flight at Brookluuds. Ho was riot- so excited as' he was on the last flight. Agha added: <( lt is one hundred and thirty years since' T proposed to the first of my eleven wives. Flying is more fun and safer than marrying.” Agha registered as a pupil when Jib had his first- in flight.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1931, Page 5
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102THE BIGGEST THRILL Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1931, Page 5
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