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AEROPLANE’S FALL
PROPELLER BECOMES DETACHED PILOT AND PASSENGER KILLED (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rcc. 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, June 1. A light aeroplane crashed from a height of 500 feet at Tamworth and the pilot, Frank Mitchell, aged 35, and Harvey West, a flying student, were killed instantly. Mitchell was one of the best known aviators in Sydney. He was chief mechanic of the Aero Club. He was conducting a flying school for students at Tamworth, and had completed some acrobatics when sightseers were horror stricken to see the propeller become detached and whizz through space. It landed on a housetop. The machine went into a tail spin, then nose dived into the main street where it was smashed to pieces. The occupants were dreadfully injured.
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Southland Times, Issue 21098, 2 June 1930, Page 7
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128DIVE INTO STREET Southland Times, Issue 21098, 2 June 1930, Page 7
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