EAGLE ATTACKS ’PLANE
CRASH FOLLOWS News reached tlio London air station that aeroplanes were being attacked by eagles which have eyries in Southern Europe and in mountains along the const of Greece. 1 A warning of this danger,” said Lieut .-Colonel E. Minchin, “was given ine when, on my recent flight to Cairo in a Bristol aeroplane. T reached tlio ‘ iloi Aerodrome at Athens.
“I and my passenger,- Mr Maver, were told,” he said, “that quite lately one of the Greek Government seaplanes had been attacked while in flight hv an eagle. The bird smashed the propeller of the machine, which crashed, killing the pilot. “After we had ascended from Athens and were above the mountains, a very large eagle came living up towards us. Mr Mayer snatched up a Vore.v signal pistol with the idea of bring to scare the bird away. But fortunately this monarch of tlio air, after surveying us, dived towards the mountain peaks without attempting any onslaught upon our machine.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12611, 23 November 1926, Page 9
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165EAGLE ATTACKS ’PLANE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12611, 23 November 1926, Page 9
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