THE PLANE IN THE STREET
Los Angeles is still talking about the heroic act of Pilot Lawrence Shapiro, who, when forced to land his aeroplane in a city street., swerved and risked death rather than hit a cyclist in his path. The young airman and a passenger were -'3000 feet above the city when the engine stopped. (It was raining cats and dogs and the pilot could see only a few hundred feet. The obvious thing to do was to glide to safety; and all went well until they were about to land in an apparently empty street. They saw a girf cyclist ahead of them. There was not a second to lose. The pilot swerved, to one side and the 'plane crashed through a fence and turned over. The girl ran up. and was greatly relieved when both men c!imbed out unhurt.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 190, 24 July 1940, Page 6
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143THE PLANE IN THE STREET Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 190, 24 July 1940, Page 6
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