ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.
two .live:; lost.
By CaWei-Pi-ess ion—Copyright. London Scptemb.-r ''). lieutenant C. Bettington and E. Hotchkiss wire killed while acrr.pianlna »t Oxford. An esplosi-m took ;>lac' »nd ili« maclilr.-.i tell from ;i gr';ii height.
THE VOLPLANE DISASTER,
lA. Received 11, 8 p.m. London, September 11. Lieutenant Bettington and Hotchkiss belonged to the Flying Corps and were proceeding to the manoeuvres, volplaning, and after stopping the engine were thrown out and fell into a stream.
Received 11, 11.15 p.m. London. September 11
Hotchkiss was piloting the British monoplane which recentlv won the War Office prize of £SOO. During the descent he backed sharply and one of the planes collapsed. The final entry in his diary, rqack: frOver Oxford; struck-a-rainstorm." It closes with a very unfinished word, presumably '"windy."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 99, 12 September 1912, Page 5
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127ÆRIAL NAVIGATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 99, 12 September 1912, Page 5
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