Show Caterpillar at J 1 fl I F 1 4 GERALD NETTLETON rne gt D Da t 4 I I SAFETY Takes to Parachute Aft After Af Af- Af- Af t ter r Being Lost ost in Heavy Fog Fok Fo SAN DIEGO C Cal l. l Nov 28 United Unit ed Press A Press A 1 foot foot para parachute hu e leap from hi his hilt f ellesa plane was re related reo re hero today by Gorald N Nettle Nettleton ton 20 old year e old tr-old Toledo 6 0 flier file unsuccessful seeker of ofa a jiw new w j junior junio transcontinental speed rec record rd Y YOung uns Nettleton who w was s r 10 miles mues of ot his Los An Angeles es goal coal was lost in n tho the clouds clouds' over over the C ya acal mour mountains al s 6 50 miles east of ot here and ran out o of gasoline while seeking seel ng his bIB bearings As his motor went wont dead and and th the tho ship st started to drop into the heavIly hear hear- Ily timbered r d sl slopes pes ho calmly un un- un- un Cont Continued on page paso 4 I s I YOUTHFUL FLIER LEAPS TO SAFETY Continued from page pago I 1 buckled bis safety strap and wen went to land near Pine Valley lodge I never saw sow such we weather even e back east eMt where if it we wo do any winter winter winter win win- ter flying It is through storms said HIT BAD WEATHER When I left Imperial at noon the weather was threatening but I thought I could make the mile mlle hop hOI without difficulty Over O the mountains I 1 ran Into soup YOU soup you might even call it hash Tl There Thero ero were rain sleet Bleet snow lightning clouds and extremely low tem temperatures I 1 tried to climb over oer tho storm but didn't havo much luck and tind on top of it all I ll lost s. s my bearings because I I of or poor visibility I knew my general gen gon- son son-I eral erat direction but because I was WD unfamiliar with tho the c country I didn't dare daro take a n. chance chanco on coming down through tho the clouds Finally my controls froze and my magneto which had been bothering both bothI I ering me wasn't functioning any too well I had to cruise so 80 long that my gasoline was exhausted Tho The only thing to do was to ball baIl i out So out I went I dont don't know where my ship landed Well We'll hunt it up today YOUNGEST IN CLUB The Tho youthful flier filer believed to be bethe betho betho tho the youngest member of ot the tile Caterpillar Caterpillar Caterpillar Cater Cater- pillar club membership in which is limited to those who have havo had hod to desert their ships in midair telephoned telephoned tele tele- phon phoned d to h field officials from a I. I ranch house near Pine Valley Val Val- Icy ley lodge and later was wa brought hero by automobile Had Nettleton landed safely at San Diego b ho he would have havo had a anew now new transcontinental record within his grasp for tor he was two hours up upon upon upon on th the tho mark mor of at 24 4 hours 2 minutes Boynton Bonton Lexington Lexing Lexing- held by Stanley ton Mass MasSo flier filer San Diego is less than two hours by air alt from Los Angel Angeles 8 I 4 S |