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Captain Devlin, of New York, who is reported to fie one ot thewar Id’s greatest aerial acrobats, wasin town Monday He was accorn-j panted by Lieuts. Case well and ; Bennett, noted Brandon aviators.]; Capt. Dtvliu has Wen giving enterifItamments of his parachute descents jat different points m the States and I \*the West. He bolds the world’s *: lt;I official altitnde record for a parachute descent, having dropped 21,-700 feet at Dayton, Ohio, last June. ;J The weather was uot very favora j ble on Monday evening, but Capt ! Devitn took a chance and dropped f from the aeroplane north of lows. t He w'as earned by the wind a con- ; « siderable distance and landed safely ; j in Witberspoou’s tkld. Quite a ! number of people witnessed t^iis , thrilling feat, but on account of it ; not firing advemsed sooner niauy ■ missed the opportunity of sreiug it. j 1*ii
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Glenboro Western Prairier Gazette
Glenboro, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Aug 18, 1921
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