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...international stunters, France's Marcel Doret was conceded the most thrilling performance of the opening days, with his loops that nearly cut the grass. Even more spectacular than the solo events were the tricks of the Navy's High Hat and Red Ripper squadrons from the Lexington; the Army's crack First Pursuit Squadron from Self ridge Field; and the Quantico Marines. Most novel stunt: three Navy Boeings, wing to wing, flopping over as one plane in a "formation barrel-roll...
With a smile on her lips and a severe pain in her stomach. Amy ("Call-me-Johnnie") Johnson, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, first woman to make a solo flight from London to Australia (TIME, June 2), landed last week from an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon. A "Johnsonian crew'' of more than 50,000 exuberant Britons splashed through mudpuddles to welcome her home...
Wales. Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Prince of Wales, made his first solo flights, in a Tom-Tit biplane, without a license (his father having requested that none be allowed...
...society beauty, widow of Dudley Coats, daughter of Mrs. Willie James who was an illustrious hostess in London and a close friend of Edward VII. The present Mrs. Marshall (Evelyn Marshall) Field III is in Reno, expecting a divorce early in August. Last week, Capt. Field made his first solo airplane flight, at Roosevelt Field, L. I.; flew 20 minutes, landed four times...
...Johnson, England-to-Australia solo flyer (TIME, June 2 et seq.) boarding a ship for London, admitted she had been "bored to tears" by Australia's adulation...