BOY’S JAUNT IN AEROPLANE
CAPE TOWN, August 27. A 17-year-old boy “borrowed” a light aeroplane here to-day and, when airborne, found that he could not land.
Pilots and ground staff watched him circle overhead for two hours. The boy dropped messages and another aircraft took off, displaying large notices on a blackboard telling him how to land. The would-be airman landed safely, but he was suffering from shock,
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26512, 29 August 1951, Page 7
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