The Archive · 1940

After Air Collision

London, Oct. 1.

For the first time in the history of aviation, a single pilot landed two Planes at one and the same time after "his craft and another had collided in mid-air. the Australian Radio reported last night, The curious accident and even more curious sequel—occurred at an undisclosed airfield in Australia. The collided at an altitude of feet, and became interlocked.

While the: pilot of one plane, and the observers of both, to their parachutes, the second pilot remain.

his controls and, after quite a ith the two craft, brought them safely to earth without further harm.—Havas,

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