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Show AVIATOR FORCED TO LAND AND PLANE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, BUT WOMAN PASSENGER NOT INJURED 0 O. Prest, flying for the Western Aircraft Corporation of Salt Lake displayed dis-played a cool head yesterday after noon shortly before 5 o'clock when he was forced to land on a field near ihe RJverdals road Prest departed from the landing field with Mrs. Oladva IlAllantvni' Th omn; n hi nan senger nnd, after reaching a height of 'about 450 feet, was compelled to land as best he could owing to the breaking break-ing of propellor blnde. Prest would have landed on the sand bar above the RiverdalO road had he been high enough but, due to the fact that he had Just departed from the Washington heights field, he was com pelled to take the lower field. Prest chose a farm near IPS Riv-ordale Riv-ordale road and hit a vacant lot tra ellng 7o miles an hour. As he sped On his eyes caught sight of h ravine and. thinking qulekh, ba turned the nose of tho fuselage into the earth, turing the plane completely owr Ills first words after the crash were to Mrs. Thomas. He nsked, "Ar.' vou h'irt ?" Unrtrapplng his suit, he proceeded to r. lease Mrs Thomas 1 : . 1 1 1 the f,. belt. " mm l-llillin i.JMipOMeil when the eager onlookers from th-'flying th-'flying field arrived. I Prest was found to be husily on 'gaged removing damaged parts from th-- plane. Both escaped absolute!'-juninjured. absolute!'-juninjured. j Prest realised the immediate danger when he undertook to land and. but for his presence of mind, the plane would Iih . been wrecked 111- coolness cool-ness saved two lives. The manner In which ho handled the plane in the landing drew congratulations from all present after the BCCldenf happened In hitting the landing field, Presl noted a farm house in the small ra vine below and knew that dent! would probably resuK If the plane went over the ledge. He called to Mrs. Thomas to keep her heud below the cock pit. In an instant his clov er tactics turned the plane over and In another instant the aviator and his passenger were standing on terra' tirma. vlowlng the damaged machine Fully iwo hundred t aget :pertators watched every moe of the plane from the time It left the landing field until the crash. Among that number were Earl Thomas, husband of Mrs. Thomas, and Mrs Presl, wife of the aviator. Thomat immediately dashed in his machine and Mrs. Prest, in com pany with Albert Warden of The Standard, ami Ceorge Bdgell, rushed to the ocene of the acc ident. Arriving on tho spot, much (o his isurpiise, Thomas found his wife tin-'hurt tin-'hurt and smiling after a mo.-ii wonder Iful thrill and experience Mrs Preat, 'when within a quarter of a mile, made the statement that her husband was not Injured due to the position or the plane Her statement was verified a few seeonds later when she grasped j the hands of her husband 1 Some Experience. Mrs. Thomas, in departing from the .flying field, stated that she had had a real thrill nnd one which will for Jever live In her memory When asked an to whether she knew the plane was landing, she said' "I henrd ihe drone of the motor cease and ihe next thought, as near as '. rnn remember, was the voice of Mr Prest asking ma If I was hurt. Believe me, wn-some wn-some experience " ( I Shortly nfter the plane took to the air, two demure misses ask.'l K:irl Thomas If he wan nervous with his Wife speeding away in the plane, to which Mr Thomas replied. No, I'm not, If she isn't " Th.' words had hardlj been spoken when ihe plane wa Bn landing In an Instant hn 1 rash was witnessed and in another instant the crowd on the fi.'lrl Started on rare tn the up.-, t I The plane wan damaged to some ex , te.nl but It Is thought jr'" will rover 1 the repairs. Give minutes prior in lh final flight yesterday afternoon Alb. i t Wat-den Wat-den and Harry Hagley, two members of ihe Standard reporiorlal staff, were preparing to take to the air and ac OOmpllSb S feat that has heretofore! been unattempted In the aviation werld The two men planned to wrltl I news stoi-y for The Standard while j oaring over ogdon Bagley, with, Warden, was making pn paration foi tha fllghl when Mrs Thomas with 1 u band approached Prest. Mr Thomas stated that has wlf would like to lake a rid-' Ward. 11 tbtn agri sd to wait until the return The fent for that reason has been postponed until a later dHte Three former naal flyers were at the scene of the accident and all complimented 1'reat on his generalship, In. eoolm . -and his abilit A representative of the Western Aircraft Corporation viewed the Wrei ked plane this morning and -lai. d that ben parts would be ordered el once. It is highly probable that the! mgl big ill BO again be pla. ad in ppi ration until neg( spring. du to tb tact thnt winter is conunR. Mr. and Mrs Prest in that case will return to Venice, Whers the former will engage 1 In aviation work during tho winter. |