The Archive · 1928

Aeroplane Crash at Hungjao

Machine Badly Damaged: Avia-for Unhurt Golfer out at Hungjao on Tuesday afternoon saw an aeroplane come sailing over them towards the aerodrome in a manner which led tone of them to hazard a bet that the machine had crashed, Tt was endeavouring to land with the wind, and the impression wa ped out of sight, that longer under control.

Investigation by two of the golfers proved that the machine, in fact, never got home intact, but had come to earth rather forcibly about half a mile beyond the Golf Club, just missing a creek. The actoplane was, badly smashed but they were informed that the aviator had escaped unhurt.

Inquiry of some of the Chi near by, one of the foreigners being able to speak Chinese, elicited the information that this was the ayin" tor's first solo flight.

Tt appears he went up on Saturday as a passenger and expressed the opinion that flying was easy and that he could do it by himself. Hence the trip which ended so bad-

"Was he a very young man?" one informant was asked.

"Oh, yes," was the reply, "Very young fu flying." the course of @ proclamation published in Tuesday's "Sinwan: pao," the Shanghai and Woosung Garrison Commissioner ordered his subordinates to take proper pre: cautions in affording full protection to foreigners living or travelling in types also may be seen in the show room, Re well as a neat winter-summer eoapé, and open model.

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