N.Z. PILOT KILLED
FATAL CRASH AT NAPIER,
ENGINE 'STALLS AT 100 FEET
(Per Press Association, Copyright)
HASTINGS, December 25
A fatal .crash at the Napier aerodrome occurred on Sunday morning, Pilot . Hugh C. Curlett, who was flying the Hawke’s Bay Aero Club’s Moth, “ZK-ACY,” alone, falling from a little over one Tiundred feet. . He sustained concussion, an apparent fracture of the skull, and a compound fracture -of the left ankle. He died at the Napier Hospital on Sunday night. The machine was smashedto matchwood.
Pilot iCurletfc was a member of the Hawke’s Bay Aero Club, and held a “B” Class commercial flying license.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1933, Page 5
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103N.Z. PILOT KILLED Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1933, Page 5
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