Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Obituaries for 1930

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Donaldson Flavius 301121 p1
Dead Pilot Once Made Forced Stop Here; Flavius Donaldson pilot of the wrecked Pacific Air Transport plane in which
three lost their lives when it crashed near Lebec Tuesday, is believed to be the same pilot who had a close call here a
couple of years ago when he was forced to make an emergency landing near the beacon light along the river. Donaldson
was piloting the LA Times plane, carrying papers to San Francisco, when a severe rain storm forced him down.  He
dropped two flares in the darkness and succeeded to making a perfect landing under difficult circumstances.