Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-11-26 | Page 7 | Story of 'Plane Snatch' Attempt at Army Airport Leaks Out

Story of Plane Snatch Attempt At Army Airport Leaks Out The strange case of an enlisted man at the U U. S S. S army airdrome who yielding to the compelling force of the mere presence of g gleaming 1 e ami n g military pia planes n e s snatched a plane in an ambitious but earthbound flight toward Canada leaked out Tuesday al although although although al- al though air base officials refused to divulge the slightest information tion Neither would they comment on reports of a that followed the up crack-up in a ditch at one end of the field concluding a flight that died a horning borning However this much is known Last Friday at the airdrome adjacent to the Salt Lake municipal municipal municipal pal airport the soldier in question obeyed that impulse and climbed behind the controls of a single two-seater two pursuit plane The motor roared the crowd roared and scattered as the plane skimmed over the snow covered field like a chicken with its head off But it could not get off the ground The upshot was the soldier ditched the plane And maybe maybethe the army ditched the soldier for all that can be learned