Winston-Salem, Feb. 21—A standard aeroplane, owned by R.J. Reyolds Jr. of this city and piloted by Ernest Smith of New York, was completely wrecked about 2 o’clock this afternoon when it fell while an attempt was being made to take off from a field near the Country Club. Smith, who is mechanician for Reynolds, was the only occupant and he escaped injury.
The ship was unable to gain enough altitude to clear a strong of power lines along the highway and as the tail of the machine struck them it was hurled to the ground. The wires were torn loose for some distance, and the plane buried its nose in the dirt across the road.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1926
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