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	Search results for: 3 item(s) for: unhurt.        Image: Title: Exact date: Subject: Description: 1. Famous French Ace Has Narrow Escape from Burning Plane! 1927-06-14 Air pilots; Airplane cockpits; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights; Text from back of image: 'Pelletier D'Oisy, French long distance aviator, after hopping off with a companion on an attempt to reach Karachi, India on June 14th, found his plane nosing downard at Le Bourget Field, and in a few minutes the plane crashed to earth. The two aviators leaped from the cockpit unhurt. The 5,000 liters of gasoline carried for the flight quickly destroyed the plane when an explosion ignited it. (Photo shows Capt. Pelletier)' 2. Lost in the Fog - Crash! Aircraft accidents; Text from back of image: "Crashing into the trees on the Jewell Blackwell farm at Green Curve, near Trenton, N.J. this mono-coupe cabin plane was completely wrecked. J.M. Harris of Germantown, the pilot, and C.H. Brown of Chestnut Hill who was with Harris, both climbed from the wreckage unhurt. Photo shows view of the wrecked plane." 3. When Costes Crashed on Mail Flight 1929-03-05 Aircraft accidents; Text from back of image: "When he was forced to make landing in Bondy Forest, near Paris, France when a gasoline leak developed, while on projected flight from Paris to Indo-China, with mail, Dieudonne Costes' plane struck a telegraph pole and was demolished. Costes and his two companions were unhurt. Photo shows a plane of the demolished Costes' plane after the crash."
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