SOCIETY FLYING WOMAN.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DECAPITATION. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Reecived 11.5 a.m.) London, April 8. Lady Baily, wife of a South African millionaire, Sir Abe Baily, and one af the few society women possessing an air pilot’s certificate, had a remarkable escape at Stag Lane Aerodrome. She was tuning up the machine for a short solo flight when she stepped too near the propeller and was struck on the head, which was injured. If she had been a few inches nearer Lady Baily would almdsh certainly have been decapitated.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2409, 9 April 1927, Page 5
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90SOCIETY FLYING WOMAN. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2409, 9 April 1927, Page 5
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