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Show TWO ROAD GRADERS NEEDED TO PULL STRANDED DC-3 FROM HOLE AT AIRPORT A 20-ton DC-3 carrying a re-1 ported two million dollars worth of radio and other technical techni-cal equipment, "bogged down" on the runway at the Milford airport Tuesday afternoon, and had ot be "towed to dry land" before taking off to continue a routine flight beam check. ' The plane landed at the air-! port about 2 p. m., and while taxiing down the runway sank through the water-soaked strip, burying the huge wheels to the hubs. Dirt and gravel and asphalt piled up in front of the wheels, acting as "chocks" and holding the big ship fast. Earlier Ear-lier in the day, the plane had landed and taken off without difficulty. "The Milford city street grader grad-er attempted to pull the ship to more solid runway, but as it pulled on one wheel the other twisted in the soften oil, digging dig-ging in deeper. Max Baxter, state highway maintenance supervisor for the Milford area, hooked his heavy road patrol grader to the olher wheel, and the ship was finally towed to solid ground, after about a two-hour delay, and ; after ploughing up about 150 feet cf the runway. The plane, with personnel including in-cluding John McCormick, Bob Lewis and E. B. Rarer, all of the Civil Aeronautics Administration Adminis-tration at Salt Lake, continued their check at Cedar City after being rescued from the "bog," then returned to their base at Salt Lake. 1 |