Word: flippers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Lieut. E. H. Barksdale, 29, World War "Ace"; at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio in an airplane crash. Once Lieut. Barksdale parachuted to safety when the "flipper" (tail surfaces) of his plane left the ship. Again, this year, he jumped after the wings came off the fuselage in which he was seated. Last week F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War in charge of Aviation (TIME, July 12) saw Pilot Barksdale's plane go into a tail spin at 2,000 ft.; saw him jump, open his 'chute; saw the silken shrouds foul in the struts...