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Show ITALIAN f AVIATOR HURT WhenMakinSharpTurn on a Wright Aeroplane, He Fell to the Ground Rome, May 6. Lieut. Calderara, of tho Italian navy, was Injured hero today while flying In a Wright aeroplane. aero-plane. As he was making a sharp -turn, the machine fell to tho ground and the aviator was picked up unconscious. uncon-scious. It is estimated he fell about forty-five fee". The lieutenant, who is a pupil of Wilbur Wright, was revived and moved mov-ed to a military hospital. Speaking of the accident later, he said he had flown this morning because be-cause three of his uncles had come purposely from Verona to witness Ms performance. He said that he felt ill and fainted, and must have slipped from his seat. He thus fell to the ground first, and the machine came down after him. The machine was badly damaged. Attached to a piece of wreckage there ' was found an imago of St. Christopher, ! the protector of antomobilists, and un-j un-j der it an inscription asking the saint to protect thin aeroplane. I The lieutenant had promised to take ' a companion aloft with him today, but, j when he reached the field, he found the wind so strong that he decided it would be prudent to make his first flight alone. Unless complications set In, it is thought he will recover. |