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| Sal si Puedes, April, 1923 |
Tragedy Strikes Bird-Plane
Inventor Carried Off
Aeronautical engineer Hector Gaviota poses in the cockpit of his bird-plane, moments before he started the mechanism to flap the wings. The bird-plane rolled steadily down the runway until it reached sufficient speed to take to the air. The bird-plane rose steadily at a steep angle to a height of about 20 meters. There it flew on a level path until a golden eagle of unusual size swooped from the sky and caught
Gaviota in its talons. As the great bird flew away towards the mountains with its victim, the bird-plane continued in level flight for a few meters and then dove towards the ground. It was completely destroyed when it hit the ground.
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