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Willie Coppins, the German Air Force Pilot in the First World War
Willie coppins was a fighter pilot in the first world war. He shot down nearly forty balloons during the war, which is really big potatoes. The german army were so angry about him they specifically tried to kill him with a booby trapped balloon. But get this, once he was being shot at from a german balloon in his plane, and he cool just flew up and around and parked on top of the balloon,. Wat till it landed, and then just gently slid his plane off. That's an emergency break for a plane to land on balloon. No, it's a very soft landing. Surely no softest landing you could possibly hak thot youd need