MARCH 23, 2015
ALL T NEWSHE BUZZ F & ROM HOLLY W OOD E MARYDITED BY MARG ARET
WHEN HARRISON FORD took off from Santa Monica Airport in his WWII vintage plane on March 5, the setting was picture-perfect for one of the movie star pilot’s cherished scenic afternoon getaways: cloudless blue sky, scant wind and panoramic views of the Pacific below. But when engine trouble forced the 72-year-old Star Wars actor into an emergency crash landing in a densely populated area of L.A., the scene seemed plucked straight from one of Ford’s action An avid pilot movies. “I saw a for over plane descending 20 years, Ford as I was running, (left, in 2014) navigated his and then I heard a vintage plane ‘boom’ when it (below, at the was falling,” says crash site on Ben Hubley, March 5) onto
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Penmar Golf Course in Venice, Calif.
HARRISON FORD
LUCKY TO BE ALIVE BY ELIZABETH LEONARD
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