Word: altfilisch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...loaded the plane that the speed was cut to 60 m.p.h. Unable to climb above the storm, Pilot Hutchinson dropped to 50 ft. With windshields caked with snow, he dodged icebergs and cliffs until forced to make a practically blind landing. Drift ice punctured a pontoon. Radioman Gerald Altfilisch sent out SOS calls and their position, soon received a reply from Angmagsalik that the Scotch trawler Lord Talbot would rescue them within two hours. Breaking waves quickly put the set out of commission. Pilot Hutchinson taxied the crippled ship to shore where the family and crew salvaged what they could...
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