ANTICIPATED REALISM SPOILS AIR PAGEANT
Me at Vincennes
MODEL FACTORY TOWN COLLAPSES TOO SOON ’PLANES MILES AWAY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Thursday, 11.25 p.m. PARIS, May 23.
A quaint contretemps destroyed t&o versimilitude of an air pageant at Vincennes arranged to stimulate interest in aviation, to which hundreds of thousands of spectators were attracted.
It was announced after a reahstio display by aviators, that they would bomb a factory town, which had been specially constructed. As a fact, no bombs were used.
It was arranged that the aeroplanes were to circle over tho place at a iow altitude, when simultaneously the town should collapse on hinges amid artificial smoke, and the building would thus be available for later performances.
Unfortunately, owing to a misunderstanding between the air and ground staffs, the aeroplanes were miles away when tho town collapsed and tho display ended in general laughter.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6917, 24 May 1929, Page 7
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148ANTICIPATED REALISM SPOILS AIR PAGEANT Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6917, 24 May 1929, Page 7
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