TERRIFYING ADVENTURE
MAN ALONE IN AIRPLANE WHEN PILOT FALLS HAD NEVER FLOWN BEFORE (Australian ana N.Z. Press Association) PARIS, Monday. An officer who had never piloted an airplane in his life had a terrifying experience at Le Bourget. He was left alone in a machine when the pilot was thrown out in a violent gale. Lieutenant Sellier invited a brother officer. Lieutenant Ivonnet, to go on a joy ride to Chartres for luncheon. When they were returning Lieutenant Sellier discovered that he could not land at Bourget owing to the military regulations, so he flew aboirr in order to pass the time. Suddenly a storm broke. The airplane was tossed about in a horrible fashion until Lieutenant Ivonnet saw the pilot shot out of his seat to disappear immediately. Lieutenant Ivonnet was too excited to think of using the parachute strapped to his back. Instead he clasped the controls and found he could manage them. He tried to recall all the things he had seen the pilot do. Then he headed for Le Bourget. Gradually he forced the airplane to make smaller circles. Finally it came down and nose-dived the last few yards. Lieutenant Ivonnet was not killed. He scrambled out, but the machine was ripped to pieces.
Lieutenant Sellier meantime had landed safely by means of his parachute.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 686, 11 June 1929, Page 9
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