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1920
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July 8, 1920 S.E. 5B were of a rapid character, Flight-Lieut. Longton appeared to specialise in slow loops, slow rolls, slow spins and slow everything—which made the display quite in- teresting. He also executed the best upside down flights we have seen, which formed a remarkable comparison to those made many years ago by the late B. C. Hucks. He remained upside down for quite several minutes, and travelled a con- siderable distance without dropping to any appreciable extent. "Flight" Copyright. R.A.F. PAGEANT : Miss Sylva Boyden, the famousparachutist, and her "bag of tricks," tries to evade " portraiture " When this exhibition of stunting concluded, the spectators stirred themselves perceptibly as three of the huge fonr- ehgined super Handley Page bombers charged the enclosures and zoomed with a tremendous roar over their heads, followed by sundry small fry in the shape of Sopwith Snipes, a Nieuport Night-Hawk, etc. These machines, large- and small, manoeuvred over the aerodrome for some time, and presented a most interesting and somewhat amusing contrast. The Nieuport executed several loops and other stunts round one of the Handley Pages, whilst a Snipe " worried " the others, dodging from one to the other. v^y- : : : ,:f --; As one of the Handley Pages approached over the enclosure, Miss Sylva Boyden, with knees tucked well under her chin, dived head-first from her seat near the tail, followed by a red and white Guardian Angel parachute, which opened "Flight" Copyright R.A.F. PAGEANT: Event No. 2. Flight Lieut. W. H.Longton, D.F.C., A.F.C., on the Fokker Fighter, and his Charlie Chaplin mascot with its usual exceptional quickness and brought the diver swaying violently, but gracefully, to the ground a few hundred yards from the enclosure. After releasing herself from the harness and gathering in the parachute, Miss Boyden, who is but 21, and pretty at that, there and then celebrated her thirteenth descent, in true aviator's style, with a cigarette, and then faced the ordeal of being photographed and filmed. The next event on the programme was another aerial com- bat between Flight-Lieut. K. M. St. C. G. Leask, M.C. (16 Hun aeroplanes, 2 balloons), on a Bristol Fighter, and Flight- Lieut. A. Coningham, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C. (25 Huns), and Flying Officer C. E. Gibbs, M.C. (12 Huns), both on Sopwith Snipes. This display was very exciting to watch, making one to realise what skill and daring our pilots must have possessed to have achieved what they did during the War. Time and again the Bristol was hard pressed by both Snipes at once, but by a clever evolution managed to slip out. "Flight*/ Copyright.R.A.F. PAGEANT : The Heath Robinson-Avro biplane, funnel, anchor, jazz struts and all, which was isucb taxying feature for the crowd. The " Skipper " is just changing into top gear 709
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