PARACHUTE DIVE
(Press. Assn.-
AIRMEN'S NARROW ESCAPE WHEN PLANE BREAKS WING
— By Telegraph — Copyright).
SEATTLE, Tuesday. Nat. C. Browne's Fokker monoplane broke a wing here to-day, when the | hose from the refuelling plane touched it in attempting to re-fuel it for the Tokyo flight. The plane fell into Elliott Bay. Both Browne and his refuelling aide, Franke Brooks, landed in the water but were rescued. Browne injured his arm. Brooks who had made 2469 paraebute jumps was uninjured'. Brooks said the refuelling hose hit the stabiliser wire which caused( Browne to dive. As the plane headed down, the wing eollapsed and both men parachuted down. Recent cables stated that Browne had set out for Tokio, but owing to a defect in his machine he returned after travelling 300 miles over the ocean.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 241, 1 June 1932, Page 5
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132PARACHUTE DIVE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 241, 1 June 1932, Page 5
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