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4# Fliers to Compete at Battle Creek TomorrowBATTLE CREEK — Forty* seven men and a girl will be on hand at Kellogg Field tomorrow in the first AAU flying championships ever sponsored by the Ciyil Air Patrol in the United States.The meet will be-watched by top-ranking AAF personnel and, if successful', is expected to spread to other states. .The lone girl in the contest i i 10-year-old Helene Griffith, oft pfetroit, a veteran parachutist ivjth five jumps To her credit. She won’ the eliminations inparachute jumping two week*....... t ...Dlt;ClStClChitBosNevBroPittPhilCintSt.sEI^Competing in six events will1fee survivors of nine district ^i|hminations staged during April and May. Airmen will vie for etipp donated by Gov. Kim Sigler, himself a pilot., and Gas Wood, flier and * speedboat champion. ' *Contestants are divided into three groups—winners of the district competitipns in each event, their alternates, and war veterans, Alternates wifi con^ spete only if district championr olio
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Sat, May 17, 1947
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