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Date: | Friday 16 September 1921 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sopwith Dove |
Owner/operator: | Bishop-Barker Aeroplanes |
Registration: | G-CAAY |
MSN: | 2714 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sault Ste. Marie, ON -
Canada
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Aviator Albert Highstone, while piloting a Sopwith Dove plane, crashed 1200 feet in a trial flight, but escaped with minor injuries. The machine was to have been an attraction at the fair at Sault St. Marie, Ontario and was being placed in readiness for a series of flights. It landed in a tree near the wireless station and will be almost a total loss.
Sources:
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Quebec Telegraph Friday 16 Sept 1921
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Jan-2008 23:22 |
JINX |
Added |
19-Apr-2011 13:42 |
Anon. |
Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
20-Apr-2011 04:49 |
Anon. |
Updated [Date] |
17-Mar-2012 09:50 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |