HOME MADE 'PLANE
A LONG FLIGHT . RUSSIA TO EAST AFRICA. (Umted Press Asspeiatiow—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! (Received this,day at. 11.30 a.m.) PAIU£,. September 14. A Lettish officer, rCukunx, is flying to Gambia in-a home-made aeroplane, whose engine he bought in an old iron market in Riga. ,y. It belonged ' to, a British aeroplane shot down in 1916. Jle, built the machine, alone,. of wood, steel and canvas, .its construction. - occupying four years. He flew from Riga, to. Paris -without! trouble, and then resumed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1933, Page 5
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82HOME MADE 'PLANE Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1933, Page 5
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