Pilot escapes with only bruises after 1942 biplane crashes in Arizona desert
 

Pilot escapes with only bruises after 1942 biplane crashes in Arizona desert
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While recreating historic American airmail routes, a British aviator and her 1942 biplane crashed in the Arizona desert last week.

She and her passenger emerged without any serious physical injuries, although the aircraft suffered extensive damage.

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor, 53, is an experienced pilot who has recreated many historic global routes in vintage planes. On this route, she was crossing the country from Seattle to Boston in a vintage 1942 Boeing Stearman called the "Spirit of Artemis."

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Curtis-Taylor taxies her 1942 Boeing Stearman Spirit of Artemis aircraft at Sydney Airport in Australia on Jan. 9, 2016.

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