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pressure before landing as I did.

I came into the rough field crosswind while other ships were landing, barely clearing a row of trees and telegraph poles, gliding clean across the narrow width of the aerodrome and bringing up short against a wind vane that was standing about six feet from a hangar.

It felt to me as though a crash was inevitable and to save matters as much as possible I headed for a clear space between the hangars and a row of lined-up aeroplanes. But luckily I chevaled just before reaching the Hangar.

In the field for which I was heading Lt. Hirst had a forced landing and completely washed out his bus. He was not hurt but it was a miracle that he wasn't, for I fail to see how his neck was saved when he turned turtle. At that

Transcription Notes:
"Chevaled" may refer to "Cheval du bois" ("wooden horse"), an aviation term for a ground loop with one wingtip dragging. Name stems from the similarity to a merry-go-round horse.