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68-year-old German man lands in US airbase by mistake

Bitburg, Germany - He risked to be shot down

A retired 68-year-old man took a big risk yesterday when, onboard a small tourism aircraft, he landed at the American military airbase in Spangdahlem, Germany, one of the largest in the Country. The amateur pilot told the police he had been authorized to land at the Bitburg airport, 8 miles (13 km) from the Spangdahlem airbase, but, having sighted the airbase runway, he landed there by mistake. In...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 61084
Rome, Italy, 04/01/2004 11:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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