Gunnison Gazette | 1909-05-14 | Page 3 | Aeroplane Accident

Aeroplane Accident. Rome. Lieutenant Calderara of the Italian navy was injured here Thursday Thurs-day while flying in a Wright aeroplane. aero-plane. As he was making a sharp turn the machine fell to the ground and the aviator was picked up unconscious. uncon-scious. It is estimated he fell about forty-five feet. The lieutenant, who is a pupil of Wilbur Wright, was revived re-vived and moved to a military hospital. hos-pital. Speaking of the accident later, he said he had made the flight because be-cause three of his uncles had come purposely from Verona to witness his performance.