Looping the Loop Record
A French aviator has created a record by looping the loop 1111 times without stopping and keeping it up for 4 hours 56 minutes. To test the strain of such, stunts on fuselage and wings, Lieutenant Alford J. Williams . recently made six outside loops with a motor-driven camera attached to the plane to record its stress movements as he turned over and over in the air.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 219, 15 September 1928, Page 14 (Supplement)
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70Looping the Loop Record Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 219, 15 September 1928, Page 14 (Supplement)
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