Suspended by Strap in Midair
PASSENGER SAVED WHEN MACHINE RIGHTS ITSELF. United Press Association—By Electric Teiefrraph.—CopyriEh t. Received Monday, 11.40 p.m. LONDON, May 3. An amazing mishap occurred at Romford. A 23-year-old aviator, a chemist, named Douglas Gee, warned his passenger, Claude Oscroft, that he was going into a spin. He failed to flatten out and continued upside down. Gee was hurled to death on the railway line, but Oscroft, suspended in the air from the seat strap, managed to get his legs around tho control-stick and . the machine miraculously righted itself, Oscroft landing safely.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 104, 4 May 1937, Page 8
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