Los Angeles, Nov. 7.
Axt Goebel, one of the best-known aeroplane pilots in the United States and winner in 1927 of the Dole prize for the Oakland-to-Honoluly flight, narrowly escaped death today flying upside down.
The buckle of his safety belt, Which held him.in the seat, broke and he struck the fuselage, ripping gash over one eye and leaving him momentarily stunned.
Nevertheless he made a perfect wing-over and safely landed with the stream of blood blinding him in one eye—United Press.
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