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Bouncer. Lieut, L. E. Hunting's plane was guilty of treachery, but the flyer returned good for evil. Going into a tail spin at low altitude, the plane hit the ground, bounced, but somehow he held it in the air. Realizing the landing gear was crushed, he scorned the safety of his parachute, circled, flew to nearby Kelly Field (San Antonio, Tex.)' and eased the ship down so gently that it stopped virtually undamaged...
...world's record (40,820 ft.), last week lost his distinction. When he claimed the record, he was suspected; last week he seemed to rise to even greater heights, marked on his barograph as 42,650 ft. Suspecting officials had placed another barograph in his plane, unknown to Flyer Callizo, which registered only 14,764 ft. It is charged he inserted in the record-breaking barograph a sheet of paper with "42,650 ft." marked in invisible ink; when far out of sight, that he turned a steam jet on the paper; made the false line visible. Last week...
Fifth day. Impatient, the flyers parleyed with officials; obtained official permits. Said Flyer Brock: "Flying over the Atlantic is a cinch compared with crossing Turkey...
Sixth day. Flyer Schlee was given a "good luck bead," used by Turkish cabbies to decorate their horses, and he blamed the bead for the delay in Turkey. He said it worked against his rabbit's foot. The Pride of Detroit, un-superstitious machine, rose from Constantinople, flew to Bagdad, 1,075 miles, making up time...
...Bourget flying field, near Paris, ventured Charles A. Levine, stubby, irascible transatlantic flyer. There he bade mechanics start the motor of his plane, the Columbia. When they obeyed, thinking he wished to taxi about the field for amusement, Charles A. Levine got in all by himself, reared along the runway, tilted the wings, jolted clumsily into the air, swooped dangerously over the airdrome, then set out over the Channel for England...