ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191203
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| Date: | Saturday 6 July 1912 |
| Time: | 16:10 LT |
| Type: | Bleriot XI monoplane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brisbane Exhibition Ground |
| Brisbane Exhibition Ground | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 6.7.1912, Bleriot XI monoplane flipped over on landing following the first flight of an aeroplane at Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Queensland. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon, with clear skies and a light breeze the bird-like machine was guided out of the tent on the oval. After warming up, the monoplane was sent soaring 200 ft into the air. Pilor A.B. "Wizard" Stone flew the plane 3 times around the exhibition grounds amid great cheers from the crowd, and with each turn increasing altitude until he reached 400 feet.
After successfully flying for ten minutes he began his landing in a very steep decent with alarming consequences. The machine hit the ground sharply and one of the four wheels fell off and in a flash the monoplane did a somersault and crashed into the ground, smashing in half.
To the amazement of the crowd, the pilot made a miraculous exit from the wreckage and except for a few cuts and bruises was uninjured. Stone declared the oval unsuitable for flying being “practically a well from which it was difficult to rise and into which it was still more hazardous to descend”. The crowd surged onto the oval to view the pilot and his broken plane.
Sources:
http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2009/11/13/first-flight-in-brisbane/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2016 20:51 | harro | Added |
| 28-Dec-2017 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 07:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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