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Some 6,000 ft. over a Detroit suburb last week Clement Joseph ("Clem") Sohn stepped from an airplane, spread his arms and legs, soared and glided down on the batlike wings which last month made him front-page news (TIME, March 11). At 1,000 ft. he folded his wings, opened his parachute, floated safely to earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Moth | 4/15/1935 | See Source »

Same day at nearby Flint, another young stunter prepared to emulate Sohn. He was Floyd Davis, 22, parachutist and sailplane enthusiast. A pilot at 16, Davis had 230 hours flying time in 1929 when airport officials had him grounded for stunting. Just reinstated, he was now anxious to test a pair of homemade wings he had spent five months constructing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Moth | 4/15/1935 | See Source »

Team C Squash: No. 1 Elliott K. Shapira '35, No. 2 Frank G. Sohn '35, No. 3 Samuel F. Rockwell, Jr. 5E.S., No. 4 MacDonald Deming '37, No. 5 Robert A. Steel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOWELL HOLDS ANNUAL WINTER SPORTS FEAST | 3/26/1935 | See Source »

Shapire (Low.) defeated Ross (Lev.) by default; Sohn (Low) defeated Russell (Low.) by default; Stevens (Lev.) defeated Rockwell (Low.) 3-2; Doming (Low.) defeated Fuller (Lev.) 3-1; Steel (Low.) defeated Hellmuth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Bents Leverett | 3/20/1935 | See Source »

...newsreel pictures of himself on the wing. Flyer Sohn is asking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Wing Man | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

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