“TOWN” FELL TOO SOON
FRENCH BOMBING DISPLAY ENDS FARCICALLY AIRPLANES MILES AWAY (Australia* and N.Z. Press Associationf ( Unitcd Service) PARIS, Thursday. An amusing contretemps occurred at an air pageant at Vincennes, which had been arranged to stimulate interest in aviation. Thousands of spec - tators. v/ere attracted. After a very realistic display the aviators announced that by way of a conclusion they would bomb an im provised “town,’* which had been specially constructed. As a matter of fact no bombs were used. The arrangement was that the air planes should circle over the place at a low altitude and that simultaneously the building should collapse on hinges amid clouds of artificial smoke. The buildings would thus be available for later performances. Unfortunately owing to a misunderstanding on the part of the ground staffs the airplanes were miles away when the “town” collapsed and display ended to the accompaniment of general laughter.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 671, 24 May 1929, Page 9
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