Trans-Pacific Aspirant Killed in Encounter With Tree Fukuoka, Feb, 29.
The avi for Goto was killed in an accident near Omura to-day while returning from Omura to Kasumibaura in the course of a practice fight in preparation for the proposed trans-Pacific flight. His machine fell as a result of the engine exploding in mid-ai Reuter.
Osaka, Feb. 29.
The proposed trans-Pacific hop by Japanese has received a fatal blow in the loss of Mr. Goto.
Patriotic Japanese,—inch school-children, have been contributing funds to' the proposed flight. They were confident that Goto Would be successful in spanning the Pacific.
The late airman was perhaps the best of the four aviators recently selected for the attempt. They had been under special training for long distance hops and it was in the course of one of these practices that Goto, with two others, started on a non-stop hop from Tokyo to Ni sasaki yesterday at 4.30 and started back this morning at £10, when he met a dense fog and was caught in a tree. The engine exploded, at 8.35. Goto was instantly killed. The other two, Mr, Suwa and Lieut. Okamura, were seriously injured and are now in hospital—Reuter,
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