“MAD MAJOR” GETS JOB
LONDON, Oct. IS. “The Mad Major,” Christopher Draper, jui actor, has aeTTieved the purpose for which he recently made a flying stunt 70ft above 'the roadway) • between the 'high' level of ■ the Tower Bridge and its bascule sections. ! I Ho has Secured an engagement to perform hair-raising flying stunts for the films.
Major Draper, who commanded a ■craoki air squadron during tho war, and won thcD.S.O. and the Croix dc Guerre,' hut is now without a flying license, was in a Puss Moth when ho engaged in his escapade. He did this, lie said, to secure a job, arid also .to disprove the taunts of hW stage friends that ho had become “soft.” Arrested for bis offonce, lie .was bound over to be of good behavior for 12 mouths.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17612, 30 October 1931, Page 6
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