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CzechFamilyFlees CommiesVIENNA (UPI) - A former Occb fighter pilot and his family were safely in Austria Mon. after a dramatic escape from behind the Iron Curtin in a stolen two-seaLed plane.Janus Pavclka, 40, a wartimeRoyal Air Force flier, tofd Austrian police he had wailed JO years for his chance.Last Saturday Pavclka. his wife, Eva, 05; his son, Janus, 4; his daughter, Maria, 6; and I's brother-in-law, Vaclav, 15, crept into the plane at the Aero Club of Duelsdi Brod. only a few hundred yards from a military air base.The base was deserted because ils staff had gone to the international trade fair in nearby Brno, Pavel ka bed been told.\\LcHe shoved thu two youngest ^ children under the seats because0!nof the lack of room, and then tried to start the plane. He failed lime after time but kept trying.Then, after 30 minutes of frantic efforts, the overloaded p*ane look off in the direction of Austria. InPavclka, who has not flown forjp iat least 10 years, managed lo|a iland in a wheat field with a Wok Un propeller and damaged Tuse-I'iage.
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Greenville Delta Democrat Times
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Tue, Sep 25, 1962
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