America has been regarded as the home of the tall story, but this one is vouched for by Mr. Fred Haig, chief aviation officer of the Vacuum Oil Company, who returned not long ago from a business trip to America. At the Kansas City, Airport, Mr. Haig met a man with the very ordinary name of John Smith, but with a most unusual occupation. Clad in a heavy overcoat as a protection from the heat, Mr. Bmith acts as a shadow for incoming planes at night. Standing before the hot and dazzling rays of the floodlights, which light up the landing ground, Mr. Smith manoeuvres himself so that he casts a shadow over the cockpit of the landing plane, so that the pilot is not blinded by the intense glare. He is also responsible for the maintenance of adequate lighting arrangements at the airport. The searchlights in his control arc of 7,000,000 candle-power. Mr. Smith and his shadow have been engaged in this task for six years.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19045, 19 June 1936, Page 14
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