Into The Drink!
p. 15 · Read in the full issue
A Super Emerald aircraft, piloted by its owner Mr. Philip Delacroix and carrying Mr. Claude Mitride as a passenger, crashed into Vila Har bour, New Hebrides, on December 24 after hitting power lines between the mainland and Iririki Island, the site of the British Residency. The two occupants were shaken but un hurt.
The crash occurred when the plane swooped low to enable Mr. Mitride
to photograph Tonkinese boarding
the liner "Eastern Queen" for re patriation to North Vietnam. The plane, which cost about £6,000, was towed into shallow water. The newly-formed local aero club had been using it to train pilots.