Notes

Topsy-Turvy. Tired of craning his neck over the edge of his plane to see the earth, Aviator Fisler (German) turned his plane over at Zurich and peered at the earth for eleven minutes. The upside-down flying record was claimed. Herr Fisler flipped his plane over, landed safely. He was not dizzy.

Sky Signs. "You are over DULUTH." This type of sky sign was recommended by Secretary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover in a letter to all state governors. He favored marking airways, painting the city's name in huge letters on the tops of highest buildings. Skeptics grumbled. Grumbling they asked if sky scenery must be defaced like roadway scenery by billboards.

Umbrella. In Dayton, "home of flying," the eyes of children looked intently upward. Thirty-five feet above them they saw Arthur Kraft with his mother's silk umbrella. He jumped; the umbrella turned inside out. The doctor examined; reported him unbroken but suffering from shock. Smoke Cloud. Observers saw the black bulk of the lie de France, French liner, approaching New York Harbor. They saw an airplane approach the lie de France, circle it, spouting white smoke. No longer did they see the liner. The smoke test, an Army experiment, had completely swathed the steamship in a shroud.

Thieves climbed into a commercial plane at Troy, Ohio; tinkered with the gadgets; started the motor; flew away with the plane.