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Pilot Escapes«Iron CurtainVIENNA (UPI)A formerCzechoslovak fighter pilot and his family were safely in Austriaauthorities, Pavelka told Austrianhpolicev“Our children are going to have it better.”after a dramatic escapefrom behind the iron curtaina stolen two-seater plane.Janus Pavelka, 40, a warti Royal Air Force flier, told Austrian police he had waited 10 years for Ms chance.Pavelka, a truck driver who speaks fluent German and English, said he hopes to emigrate to Britain where he has relatives/and many war-time friends.iiLast Saturday Pavelka, his wife, Eva, 39; his son, Janus, 4; hisdaughter, Maria, 6; andVaclav, theater-in-law,the planeDeutsch Brod—only dred yards from a base.IS, crept intoAero Club ofa few hunmilitaryairAfterforts, the overloaded plane took off in the direction of Austria.who has not flownnanaged to land wheat field near Arbesbach,lower Austria, with a broken propeller and damaged fuselage.Thecasualty was Janusbruised“Neither I nor my wife was alCommunist
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Great Bend Western Kansas Press
Great Bend, Kansas, US
Tue, Sep 25, 1962
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