Times Independent | 1924-10-30 | Page 5 | Brave Deed of Airplane Mechanic

brave deed of airplane mechanic I 1 t 4 into vim il AL richard mechanic oa the barman Ool goliath lath which plies between loa lon don and carls displayed courage that deserves a page la in the history of aviation soon if after ter the plane with eight passengers left the croydon field in eng land a leak developed in the gal gas feed line richard crawled out oa on the wing aln of the plane and traveled along until ho he reached the front near the motor then for 45 minute minutes he held his hl band over the leak avoiding a forced landina landl nf