AEROPLANE CRASHES.
IN HAWERA DISTRICT. Hawera, Thursday. An aeroplane piloted by Captain Mercer, with Mr Salter as a passenger, arrived at the racecourse from Wanganui late this afternoon. After replenishing its tnnl|, a start, was made for Raglan. Thd machine rose, and sharply cleared the electric wires, but had not enough way on, and dropped suddenly, smashing the propeller and under-carriage. The occupants were uninjured. [Captain Mercer recently made a number of passenger flights in Foxton and Wanganui.]
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2376, 7 January 1922, Page 3
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78AEROPLANE CRASHES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2376, 7 January 1922, Page 3
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