BOUQUET FROM THE SKY
PRESENTED TD M. LAVAL’S DAUGHTER PICTURESQUE INCIDENT AT RUSSIAN AIR DISPLAY Press Association—By ‘Telegraph—Copyright MOSCOW, May 15. (Received May 16, at 10 a.m.) Leaping at 3,000 ft with 23 others from a bomber, an air force member landed by parachute at the feet of M. Laval’s daughter, Jose, and presented her with a bouquet brought down from the skies. This was a picturesque incident of a spectacular air force display at the chief military aerodrome at Monine, where M. Laval was the first foreigner to bo admitted. M. Laval watched 26 chasers and 19 huge bombers in a mock attack. He later declared that Russia had . fine machines, valiant pilots, and a great leader.
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Evening Star, Issue 22030, 16 May 1935, Page 9
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118BOUQUET FROM THE SKY Evening Star, Issue 22030, 16 May 1935, Page 9
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