THE MODERN ICARUS
EXTRAORDINARY VOLPLANE.
WASHINGTON; 25th July. Lieutenant Champion ascended 48,000 feet in a Wright-Apache biplane, establishing an unofficial altitude record, after which he had descended to 36,000 feet, •when seven of the nine cylinders blew out their heads, ripping holes in the wings ana knocking the oxygen tube from Champion's mouth. The piston rods, flying backwards, further shattered the wings and endangered the aviator's life. Champion says he fell "Hke a bat out of.hell." The aeroplane was powerless, and only able to volplane." He landed safely in a two-acre patch. . His sealed barographs were undamaged, and ate held pending calibration by the Bureau of Standards. Experts doclared Champion's safe descent miraculous. The aeroplane. was completely frosted over. .
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 23, 27 July 1927, Page 11
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