ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.
SENSATIONAL DEATHS. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London. August 20. Havant, a pupil at the Bleriot School of Aviation, at Hendon, being unable to recover the fees, which he claimed on the ground of slow progress in aviation, fired a revolver at Prier, an instructor, badly wounding him. Havant then attempted to commit suicide. Later. It was Pierre, secretary of the Bleriot Aviation School at Hendon, not Prier, the airman (who recently took an afternoon trip from Hendon to Paris), who was shot by Havant, the pupil who was dissatisfied with the progress he "was making and wished his fees returned. Pierre has succumbed to his injuries, and Havant's wound also proved fatal. AN AEROPLANE ACCIDENT. London, August 20. Lieut. Reynolds, while aeroplaning at Thetford at a height of 1500 feet, turned a somersault. His machine was smashed in a field, and Reynolds was slightly injured.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 51, 22 August 1911, Page 5
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147ÆRIAL NAVIGATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 51, 22 August 1911, Page 5
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