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Journal City Edition

April 29, 1958
16 Pages Two Sections
Price 5 Cents

In Copter Crash

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Morristown Field Manager Acts to Prevent Explosion
Special to The Journal

MORRISTOWN, April 28 - One man was killed and another seriously injured today when a helicopter crashed on takeoff from the Morristown Airport. 
Airport officials identified the dead man as David McNeil, 49, of Jonesville, Va.
In fair condition at the Knoxville hospital is John Ryan, the pilot, also of Jonesville. He suffered a broken back and a broken hip.
Both men may have been killed, but for the swift action of airport manager, Mrs. Evelyn Bryan.
Mrs. Bryan, who witnessed the accident, said the helicopter stopped to refuel. On takeoff, it climbed to about 50 feet, then suddenly slammed back to earth.
Mrs. Bryan the crawled on her hands and knees beneath the swirling blades and cut off the ignition as the machine began to smoke.
[[image]] MRS. BRYAN 
McNeil was manager of the Powell Valley Electric Cooperative at Jonesville, and Ryan was an employee of the cooperative, according to Harry Rowe of Tazewell, manager of the Claiborne County Electric Cooperative, who was called to the scene of the crash late today.
McNeil and Ryan were responsible for checking the cooperative's power lines, and had been in the habit of making weekly stops at Morristown Airport to refuel, it was learned.
Mrs. Bryan, who only last week completed a course which taught her how to turn off the swirling blades of a helicopter, said this one incident was worth the course. She is one of four women helicopter instructors in the United States and one of 22 women helicopter pilots in the country. 
The helicopter, which was new and cost some $40,000, was virtually destroyed. The accident occurred about 2 p.m. today. 

Daughter of Local Woman Air Heroine
Word has been received by Mrs. E. W. Stone of St. Cloud that her daughter, Evelyn Bryan, saved the life of a helicopter pilot at Morristown, Tenn. Mrs. Bryan, manager of the Morristown airport, risked her life to cut off the ignition of the helicopter which had crashed, thus saving the life of the pilot John Ryan. 
The heroine has visited in St. Cloud with her mother, who has wintered here for 14 years and is well known in Methodist church circles. Her uncle is Robert F. Lockland of 714 New York Ave. Mrs. Bryan is one of four women helicopter instructors in the country, and one of 22 women helicopter pilots. 
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An Heroic Act
THE HEROIC and clear-headed act of a young woman undoubtedly saved the life of the pilot of a helicopter that crashed after takeoff Monday afternoon at Morristown. The other man in the 'copter died from injuries in the crash.
Helicopter crashes are rare; this one happened just after the ship had just been refueled by Mrs. Evelyn Bryan, a co-operator of a Morristown flying service. It dropped to the ground from about 50 feet, its big blades still whirling and the engine smoking. 
Mrs. Bryan rushed to the wreck, crawled under the deadly blades and cut the switch, preventing a fire and explosion. The pilot could then [[?]] extricated. He can spend the rest of his life being grateful to the bravery of Mrs. Bryan.

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