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...derby, flew into Omaha for the air races last week. He voluntered to "put on a few stunts" to enliven the afternoon's program. After taking much of the crowd's breath with routine acrobatics, he put his fast Laird biplane into a 2,000-ft. power dive, rolling it over on its back. As plane & pilot flashed low over the grandstands, spectators saw Holman hanging head down by a precarious knee-hold, clutching desperately for the controls. He did not reach them. The plane rocketed to the ground with a screeching smash, bowled over & over, came...
...transatlantic flight of the "America", as related by Byrd, Fokker proceeds to give his own impressions of what happened on that memorable flight, describing the events in a manner that relegates Byrd to a minor part in the final desperate manoeuvers of the plane immediately preceding its dive into the sea near the lighthouse at Ver-sur-Mer on the French coast. The real hero at that time, according to this new autobiography, was not Byrd, as might be inferred by anyone reading the Admiral's accounts, but in reality Bernt Balchen, the air navigator whose achievements are well known...
Only those men who pass the eligibility tests, however, will be allowed to qualify for the senior life-saving insignia. These tests require the ability to swim a quarter mile, to dive from the surface of the water, and to swim the side and back strokes...
...Dive--Sidney Bluhm '32, Vernon Charnley, Jr. 2G.B., Waters Kellog '34, W. S. Manuel 1G.B., J. S. Manuel 1G.B...
...Freshmen who do not live in the dormitories were permitted to try out for the various teams according to alphabetical divisions. Trials for selecting the teams were held Friday. The events will include the 50-yard free style, 200-yard free style, dive (four required, two optional) 50-yard breast stroke, 50-yard back stroke, 100-yard free style, and 200-yard relay...