September 2009
A potentially dangerous situation was averted recently, all thanks to Biggles! BBC Scotland reported the following story on 13 August:
A pilot whose light aircraft crashed into a tree on a Dundee golf course has attributed his lucky escape to his love of the Biggles adventure stories.
Vince Hagedorn struck the tree on the 15th hole at the golf course with his two-seater aeroplane.
The 63-year-old told BBC Scotland he copied his landing from a story about the fictional WW1 flying ace.
"There's a story where Biggles has his engine shot up over enemy lines. He tries to get back to the airfield and doesn't quite make it. He flies into the wood and he pulls the stick back to pancake onto trees - and I just did that. I just stalled into the tree."
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