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Pilot, FamilyEscape (lurtainIn Tyvo-Scatcrforts, the overloaded plane took {1off in the direction of Austria.Pavelka, who has not flown for!at least 10 years, managed to land j ( in a wheat field near Arbesbach, lower Austria, with a broken pro* J peller and damaged fuselage.The only casualty was Janua,A former | w*k had a bruited leg *lt;Czechoslovak fighter pilot end his', ^''heri 1 ™rk m,vh »Lf' w“ ±* r , lowed to study by the Communistfamily were safely in Austraia * authorities, Pavelka told AustrianVIENNA (UPI)Monday after a dramatic escapef wn behind the iron curtain in a stolen two-seater plane.Janus Pavelka, 40, a wartime Roval Air Force flier, told Aus-1 ^aks fluent German and Eng-“Our children are going to have ic better.”truck dri ver whoPavelka, atrian police he had waited 10years for his chance.Last Saturday Pavelka, his wife, Eva, 35; his son, Janus, 4; hisfish, said he hopes to emigrate to Britain where he has relativesand many war-time friends.daughter, Maria, and his brother-in-law, Vaclav, 15, crept into the plane at the Aero Club ofDeutsch Brod—only a few hundred yards from a military airba\e. r ' :After 30 minutes of frantic efJames R. Nuzum, 284 Wiles St.,Morgantown.
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Wed, Sep 26, 1962
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