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Show "BUO" MARS IN HIS ALMOST FATAL PLUNGE TO EARTH AT ERIE. "Bud" Mars, who was seriously hurt oy a fall while flying at Erie, Pa., on July 14, ("ontinues to improve and there; ire strong hopes for his complete recov-J ;ry. His wife, who w".:: 'cd his plungeJ Into the canvas r eon which flanked the flying field, has been with the injured aviator continuously since the accident. The aviatdr has no very clear Idea U just what caused the plunge which, so nearly cost him his life. "1 was planning to make a sis lap flight," he said. "I remember havinir i-ade the circuit of the field once and that then, for some reason. rea-son. 1 began to full. 1 suppose I must have gotten into a pocket or a hole in the air. The machine did not respond to my efforts and ref'ised to ascend. I recall seeing the line of street tars in front of me and 1 also sav the long stretoh of soft white canvas which screened the side lines of the field. I had only an instant in-stant to make a choice and I naturally chose what seemed to be the softer object to hit That is all I know about it." Wreck of c Bud " Mars DirEiiANE 1 Herewith is printed a photograph taken jat the instant when "'Bud" Mars w making that fateful decision. It shuwr be perilous slant of the aeroplane as th . iator brought it around toward the caa-is caa-is obstruction. |