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The Winged Man

How Clem Sohn Learned to Fly in the Jump of Death

A

By Victor Burnett

LITTLE more than

a year ago a young American profes- sional parachute jumper became tired of just falling through the air for 10,000 feet and then opening his

Hongkong Hotel parachute.

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The

So, to pass the time away, he began experimenting as he fell.

He discovered that by moving Phone 27778/9. his arms and legs he could actually control his headlong dive to earth.

Hongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1037.

WHO'LL BE NEXT

CHANCELLOR,?

At first there wasn't much control-just sufficient for him to rise and fall a few inches in long, undulating swervca.

He continued this new and fascinating game.

And a few weeks later he managed to control his dive so much that he could actually swim in the air, by moving his arms, legs and head in the Now that it is known that

same way as if he was in the water. Mr. Neville Chamberlain is des- tined for the Premiership in the Thix, in turn gave him an very near future, considerable other idea. speculation exists in political He thought about it for soine circles as to who will succeed time, and then decided to put it him as Chancellor of the Ex-into practice. chequer. Some reshuffling of

He wanted to make himself a the Cabinet will be inevitable pair of wings.

when Mr., Baldwin resigns, but

Ile knew that no man had. whether this will be partial or ever succeeded in flying with his complete at this stage has not own wings before. He also knew yet been disclosed. Four names there would be great risk. But are being mentioned for the post the temptation. was irresistible. which Mr. Chamberlain is to With a friend, Art Davis, he vacate; two of these are of Con-made

his first pair of wings. servatives, and the other two of And, to a certain extent, they Liberals, The Conservatives are worked. Sir Samuel Hoare and Sir King-

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THE

"TELEGRAPHS"

EVERYWHERE

spreading

my

I

"But. those first wings taught me a lot. I fooled around with them for some time, and developed some more ideas ta make them more efficient.

"From then. I've gone on and on, always new sets learn-

legs and open- ing my tail fin. "That stopped me turning over and over, and me in a put straight fall. After that, just as slowly, spread

one CLEM SOHN, the Birdman, with his wings outstretched. wing. The fall

He was killed yesterday when his parachute failed to open. began to stop, . and I started flying straight, "My first spin scared me atiff, trying out with a slight roll and banking and when I did get out of it I ing from the drawbacks of the movement, owing to all the lift said to myself. No spins, Clem; last.

one side. Then I they're too hard. 'Oh, boy, that's being on opened the other wing.

what you've got to keep out of." And I still don't like them.

"And 1 flew.

"I must have been just as surprised as the people below.

I found I could fly straight,

"As I became more used to

WANT to increase the

span of the wings as

more real

"STILL think the big- much as possible. The greater

gest scare I ever had the wing span the turn, dive, climb a little-even was when I tried to do a flick oaring I can do. Every now set

has a larger span than the last. loop.

roll. In that you drop one wing, turn over, and come out the right "One of the disadvantages is The that pair of wings I found I way up again. Well, it isn't the weight I have to carry could enlarge my scope, found really difficult in a real airplane two parachutes-one in case the

if you know how, how far I could go, when I

"I wanted to find out how alone. I could fly further if I ought to stop.

with my own wings, I started all could reduce the weight. (Sohn "I found some of the danger- right, dropped one wing, and carried two parachutes

fatal flight and neither opened).. ous points, too. Looping was started to go round. now, unless I have to.

dangerous. I don't often do it "That's where the trouble

came in. I started to revolve so "As I reach the top of the loop fast I was around and in another I lose speed. And losing speed before I knew where I was. is nearly fatal. The little air- plane that is me decides to spin. In A Spin Over I go, hend downwards, spin-

first doesn't open-weigh 75lbs.

on. his

"One day I hope to be able to land without the parachute, but I'll have to have a big wing span

to do it

"But with a big wing span there is always the danger of a For 5,000 ft. very careful of that. It is an wing snapping off. I have to be

Sir John Simon and Mr. Walter THAT young parachute jumper was killed in Runciman. The last-named

France yesterday. His name may, however, be ruled out, as there are rumours that he iwas-Clem-Sohn.-He was twenty five years old. He has been do- likely to retire from politics in ing parachute jumps since he the near future. As to Sir was seventeen. Kingsley Wood, he was a most

All over the world, he was ning round and round like a top. efficient. Postmaster Goneral and known as the Birdman.

As there are no fixed controls it. "Hastly I checked it, lost ever-present danger, even with has done good work at the

is very difficult to get out of the speed, and began to spin faster the apparatus I have now. spin.

and faster. My heart was in my have to open the wings slowly Delayed Drops "I learned on those first trials mouth. Down I went, down, because of it. Thus the choice seems narrowed Sohn was modest, quiet. He that you must catch a spin as spinning so fast everything be- down to two men-Sir Samuel smoked a little, drank a little— soon as it starts, or it becomes came a blur.

a soft, increasingly difficult to pull your- "I dropped 5,000 feet before bling fall with my tail, turn it Hoare and Sir John Simon. "just beer." He had The former is said to be quite faintly American accent. And he self out.

didn't experiment blindly. "Some

Ministry of Health, but few re- Ideas From gard him seriously as the next Chancellor of the Exchequer,

at home as First Lord of the day, somehow, all men may be Admiralty and as being reluctant able to do what I'm doing." to give up that post, but the

I could get out of it.

"From those first experiments, VICTORIAN SPEED LIMITS

Public

I

"What I do now when I leave the machine is to stop the tum-

into a straight dive.

Like Being In

Another World "Then, one after the other, I slowly spread my wings. Then I soar away, turn, come back,

"THE smoke bomb, that

Treasury is a tempting prize for when I was doing delayed jumps, any Minister with ambitions. I got the idea for wings a real As to their qualities, both Sir flying surface that I could con-

WITH traille conditions so much in complete, and in perfect order and turn again, until I am down to WIT Samuel Hoare and Sir John trol in the air," he said.

the public eye it is interesting repair, and shall so fix the glasses 1,000 feet. Simon have the clarity of mind

ratile to the "I spoke to a friend, Art to recall that modern problems had that they shall not

annoyance of passengers."

"There I judge my position invaluable to a Chancellor. Davis, an engineer. Between us their counter-perts in Victorian days, Ministerial Liberals would, of we worked out a pair of wings and to observe the methods of deal of speed cailed for drastic legislation, down to the flying field.

Even in these days the question and open my parachute, floating course, prefer that Sir John to go between my arms and my ing with them.

for we find that "Every Driver shall "I turn by slightly letting one Simon be given the post, but body, and a fin to go between my In the "Bye-Laws for Regulating during the hours of Divine Service many Conservatives, who con-legs. When they were open they the Hackney Curriages of Edin- on Sundays, or other days set apart wing in and twisting my feat.

burgh," issued by the Magistrates in for

Worship by Lawful cede his abilities, would not re-looked like a bat.

1800, we find it enacted that "Every Authority, drive at a walking pace gard the appointment with mark-

I Driver shall, when driving, hold the while passing any place of Public

Check-string, drive carefully,

exercise Worship." ed favour. One aspect of the. question which has to be kept in mind is the preservation of the all-party complexion of the Cabinet, though it is becoming increasingly evident that the Conservatives aim at eventually

WATCHED the air-off side." taking complete charge of the

float hdministration-whether

plane

away: Evidently the driver who hugs the under

gradually, crown of the road was not unknown me. Then, their party name or by the adoption of a new label remains stopped myself tumbling by even in those days. No Obstruction

in

in thoroughfares, and Out for An Airing

"Then came the great day. went up to the 12,000 feet re-soutien t gion and jumped. I didn't}

passung

corner, the and know what the wings would do. the ordinary rules

Further, rond, viz.-The Driver shall keep to

and crossings

I

under the heading

I was in an untried field. And, the left or scar side of the road on "Fares," we find the speed problem boy, didn't I know it in those c first few seconds.

"I

jabove

shows the line of

flight, is let off almost as soon as

jump from the airplane.

"The actual flight is like be- ing in another world. There is no sound but the rushing of the wind past my face and the distant drone of, an airplane engine.

meeting or being overtaken by any again "For an Airing into the Coun- Carriage or any Rider, and he shall try within Eight Miles from the Cross not prevent any other person passing of Edinburgh the fare shall be 38. him or his Carriage on the right or per hour. Unless the hirer wishes a slower pace, the rate of driving when out an Airing shall be at least six miles per hour; and in the

event

of the driving being at a slower pace than six miles an hour, contrary to dies away there is no sound at all. the wish of the Hirer, it shall be optional for the Hirer to pay the fare Little Black

in the proportion of Ss. for every six

"And if I lose speed the wind

Specks

"If I look up I can see my air-

to be seen. It is generally agreed that the King will re-some future national crisis his Cases of obstruction must also cognise Mr. Baldwin's services countrymen might again desire have been prevolent, as witness the miles so travelled."

Lighting also received attention. following: No Driver shall with to the nation by conferring on his valued counsel. His depur other Drivers or other persons, con- "Every Driver of a Hackney Curringo him a Peerage. This has sur ture from the House of Com-gregate on the pavement or footpath shall, when driving after sunset, have plane circling in the distance. prised some people, but others mons will be a loss to that legis-stance, so as to obstruct the same, when required by the hirer, and a of fields and houses, with the air- ut or near Hackney Carriage the lamps of such Carriage lighted Below there is a chequered map any that on leaving thelative body, but, relieved of more or shall otherwise, in any way, cause though not required by the Hirer, drome a bright green patch in Lower Chamber it is essen-pressing anxieties, he will still annoyance to any person passing the,when necessary." tiul that he should have a plat-be able to exert a considerable The noise problem, too, required problem dealt with, for it is lold

Finally, we find even the fume the middle. form. This view, according to influence in political Issues, and attention, for we read that, "Every down that "No Driver shall smoke a political, commentator, arises his guidance will always be avail-Owner of a Hackney Carriage shaft oir a stance, or when waiting for

keep the same, with all its append-parties or when driving." a consciousness that in able when needed.

ages, and also the Harness, clean and

from

stoneo."

N. Gale.

"Somewhere on that patch there are hundreds of little black specks, moving like ants. Those (Continued on Page, 4.)