AVIATION FEAT
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY PLANES LOCKED TOGETHER A SUCCESSFUL LANDING (United Press Asn.—-Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 30, 3.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 30 A Royal Australian Air Force pilot made a successful landing near Cowra with his plane jammed on top of another Royal Australian Air Force machine. Air Force officers cannot recall such a feat in the history of aviation. The machines had collided in midair 1000 feet up and became locked firmly together. The pilot and observer of the bottom machine and the observer of the top machine baled out and descended safely by parachute. The pilot who eventually landed the two planes, still locked together, jumped from the cockpit of the top machine after gliding to a landing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 8
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123AVIATION FEAT Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 8
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