PERILOUS LANDING
CROWDS ON A COMMON PILOT'S THRILLING ADVENTURE LONDON. Nov. 2 When the engine of a Bulldog fighting aeroplane failed over London the pilot was horrified to find that the only possible landing place was Streatham Common, on which 400 people had congregated, including many children in perambulators.
The airman's difficulty was intensified when he saw the people scattering in different directions, failing to understand the landing signal. One woman drew a baby's attention to the approaching machine and the baby shouted in glee just as it landed. It swerved violently to avoid the perambulator, overturned and was wrecked. The pilot was not hurt.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21640, 4 November 1933, Page 11
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