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Re: Planes in the trees

Posted by Scott WRG Editor on Mon Dec 03, 2001 05:47:45 AM

In reply top Planes in the trees posted by Will on Mon Dec 03, 2001 01:52:02 AM

: 18 yrs. ago an Australian rancher living in Wyoming told m
: e he grew up in Queensland, Austr. and when he was in the
: woods, he would occassionaly see WW2 birds in the top of t
: he trees. Word was they ran out of fuel coming back from N
: ew Guinea.

I heard about a Spitfire that landed in the treetops after running out of fuel. The pilot had been killed outright and the plane just kept flying horizontally and belly landed in the trees. Wasn't found for a few months.

Probably an urban legend sort of thing but who knows.

Scott

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