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...trick is once learned, is but a question of endurance and of a head that does not grow dizzy when earth and sky seem to revolve in a gigantic circle before one's eyes. Still, very few pilots could emulate the exploit of Madame Adrienne Bolland, French aviatrix who last week looped the loop 212 times, beating her own record of 98 loops-for-women. Only Maynard, famed U. S. sky pilot, and Fronval, the French aviator, have done better than this. Fronval holds the world's record with 962 loops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Loops | 6/9/1924 | See Source »

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