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']PLANE DAMAGED
Sir C. K. Smith's Ill-luck
SKIDDED INTO DITCH
Mishap in Taking Off from
Perth . .
PEaRT, Sundae.
i:.n iinfoitulated adcidelit prevented A'ir
1C iiiodore Seil 'C?iel?a eKingsfod Smitlit
oront deiatea fo ynythananQ
eec the Lockheed 5ltan monop lane, with
,rliich l;el bliroke the Melbouri:ePertil iced
A;t 3 ne h ei;llD machine 'aas ~heeled out
hIden with l- 375 'gallons. of·. ietro0l While
,iioaing dowitn: the runway, theM:,' machine
skidded on thle "grass, a'.hich hiad "been
miade slippery by a heavy. fall of dew
and 'rain, and ran into. a ditch. The
undercarriage was damaged.
The machine-woas returned to the han
gar where mechanics worked .on it all
To-night, Sir Charles was doubtful
whether he would be able to get' away
to-marrow.
The reassembling of the machine was
not finished to-night, and the work wrill
be continued to-morrow.
Sir Charles etated tfnt hle would have
to be satisfied that thle work bad .been
done thoroughly before .he went into the
air.
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