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Lindbergh Rescues Self From Fog Bound Night Flight
In a 1925-26 winter episode Charles A. Lindbergh parachuted from a failing night mail flight near Peoria and Marseilles, maneuvering through dense fog and low fuel. He watched the engine die and used his chute to descend while the plane circled within hundreds of yards, finally landing after a perilous descent through the fog bank.
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Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Scroenoment
NEA x Ce, Inc
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Paris
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Chicago
Peoria
Ill
Marseilles
Maywood
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