The 72 year old pilot of an antique military aircraft survived the crash of his plane Saturday. John Sledge told rescuers the engine of his T-28 trainer stopped shortly after he took off from Midway Airport in Midlothian. He said he had to find the safest possible spot to bring the T-28 trainer down, and did so in a farmer's field. He was injured in the crash, and is hospitalized in good condition. Sledge's doctors have said he'll probably be released Sunday afternoon. The Midlothian firemen who got Sledge out of the wreckage say they don't often see World War Two aircraft crumpled in the middle of a field with parts and debris scattered all around.
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