MISHAP TO MONOPLANE
WILKINS’S MACHINE LANDS ON ROCKS PROMPT REPAIR WORK LONDON, Saturday. In a message from Deception Island, Sir Hubert Wilkins says that Cheeseman, when he was flying in a monoplane, had the first accident so far experienced. He was not hurt, but the tail of the machine was skinned, and the underpart of the fuselage was torn off as it landed on a pile of rocks. The machine is still upright. The landing field is unavoidably narrow, and lined on either side with rocks that were removed for last year's runway. A cross wind sprang up during the flight, making a landing most difficult. A margin of 3ft would have enabled the monoplane to clear the obstruction. Repairs were undertaken immediately, and it was expected that the machine would be ready for a flight on the evening of the next day.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 835, 2 December 1929, Page 9
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143MISHAP TO MONOPLANE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 835, 2 December 1929, Page 9
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