The Bird Man.—One day last month fifty thousand people assembled at Hanworth Air Park, England, to watch Clem Sohn, an Ameiicen, dive from an aeroplane 10,000 feet up and reach earth safely by means of a series of dives and glides controlled by artificial bat-like wings. The perfromance was the first of its kind. The wing area of the outfit he is seen wearing is 30 square feet, and the weight of the man and his equipment 240 pounds. The wing loading works out at 81b per square foot. The speed of the dives was about 90 miles per hour.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 20 June 1936, Page 8
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100The Bird Man.—One day last month fifty thousand people assembled at Hanworth Air Park, England, to watch Clem Sohn, an Ameiicen, dive from an aeroplane 10,000 feet up and reach earth safely by means of a series of dives and glides controlled by artificial bat-like wings. The perfromance was the first of its kind. The wing area of the outfit he is seen wearing is 30 square feet, and the weight of the man and his equipment 240 pounds. The wing loading works out at 81b per square foot. The speed of the dives was about 90 miles per hour. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 20 June 1936, Page 8
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