I still have a (slightly tattered now) newspaper clipping reporting that an aircraft crashed in flames near Glenrowan (Victoria) in 1972.
The aircraft was an L-13 Blanik, which of course is a sailplane
The article later goes on to say the aircraft was aero-towed back to Benalla a couple of hours later
So a sailplane crashes in flames (!!!) and flys away a couple of hours later. Perhaps it was the God like presence of my student, he happened to be the Regional Director of VicTas for DCA at the time that repaired the aircraft.
The press don't get any better with the passage of time, I can assure you.
VT