A TEST FOR NERVE AND SKILL: BRITISH TRAPEZE ARTISTS DISPLAY IN MID-AIR Mr. Martin Hearn, the famous aeroplane wing-walker, photographed during a recent trapeze act which he performed while suspended in the air 30ft. below an air liner travelling at 73 miles an hour at an altitude of 500 ft. The daring display, which was given near Uxbridge, is believed to be the first of its kir.d ever carried out in Great Britain.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21520, 17 June 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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73A TEST FOR NERVE AND SKILL: BRITISH TRAPEZE ARTISTS DISPLAY IN MID-AIR Mr. Martin Hearn, the famous aeroplane wing-walker, photographed during a recent trapeze act which he performed while suspended in the air 30ft. below an air liner travelling at 73 miles an hour at an altitude of 500 ft. The daring display, which was given near Uxbridge, is believed to be the first of its kir.d ever carried out in Great Britain. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21520, 17 June 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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