As Luck Would Have it 



On September 14th of last 

 year a British seaplane, 

 emerging from a heavy 

 mist, struck the steel- 

 lattice mast of a wire ess 

 station on the English 

 coast with such force that 

 the front end of its body, 

 with the engines became 

 wedged in the lattice 

 work. The P;^°t was 

 stunned but did not fall 

 and was rescued by sailors 

 belonging to the station 



When the accident oc- 

 curred, several sailors were 

 painting the lattice work 

 of the mast. One of the 

 men climbed out on the 

 wedged-in seaplane and 

 rescued the unconscious 

 pilot, lying on top of 

 one of the wings, 300 feet 

 above the ground. With 

 the help of two other 

 sailors the airman was 

 lowered to the ground 

 and escaped unharmed 



