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Famous French Aviator Whose Feats Startled World Victim of War. PARIS, Sept. 1.—Adolph Pegoud the famous “loop-the-loop” aviator, Was Killed Tuesday. “Dare Devil” Pegoud, so-called be cause of his many hair-raising ex ploits in aeroplanes, was the man of whom a member of the French gen eral staff said recently, “his value to the French army is equivalent of a whole army corps”. Long before the war Pegoud was acclaimed as the premier aviator of the world. He was the first man flyer to execute the famous “loop-the-loop” but he was not satisfied with this achievement and almost weekly startled the world with new feats of daring and cool-brained skill. The novelty of the aerial somersault worn off, Pegoud resorted to lateral movements as a variety and an exam ple of his complete mastery of the monoplane—his favorite machine was a Bleriot—was given during an exhi bition fight at Brooklands, in Eng land, almost two years ago when he amazed great throngs of British spec tators by flying, not only upside down and sidewise, but dived 3,009 feet in five seconds, finishing his perform ance with a double loop-the-loop. Other favorite gitations included fly ing for a quarter of a mile upside down while strapped to the seat of his machine, describing vertical loops and making spiral half turns with his head hung toward the earth. When the war started Pegoud was in Hamburg, awaiting the arrival of three new machines with which he in tended to proceed to America to give exhibition flights. He immediately offered his services to France and soon became a terror to Germans on and behind the fighting line. His audacity and his skill quickly earned him the title “The Falcon of the Taube . From his ma chine bombs were hurled with almost unfailing accuracy on German muni tion depots and gun positions, captive balloons correcting the fire of the German gunners were destroyed, convoys were wrecked, railroads and depots demolished, all with apparent immunity. He flew by his schedule— eight hours a day—and never a day but what Pegoud got his German bag.
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South Bend News Times
South Bend, Indiana, US
Wed, Sep 01, 1915
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