In an aerobatic exhibition at an air show in California, at the beginning of the month, a pilot flew his smoke-trailing plane through the air barely missing a B-29. This unscheduled event occurred when a low-flying Air Force B-29 passed over the field while the pilot of the smaller plane was flying upside down, and unable to see what was above.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27212, 15 October 1949, Page 7
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61In an aerobatic exhibition at an air show in California, at the beginning of the month, a pilot flew his smoke-trailing plane through the air barely missing a B-29. This unscheduled event occurred when a low-flying Air Force B-29 passed over the field while the pilot of the smaller plane was flying upside down, and unable to see what was above. Otago Daily Times, Issue 27212, 15 October 1949, Page 7
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