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Barnstorming days...
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:03 am
by TheGreenGoblin
One wheel on my aircraft...
Gladys Ingle of the 13 Black Cats team...
Must admit that I begin to get vertigo when watching this.
- Gladys Ingle.JPG (43.14 KiB) Viewed 596 times
https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/02/ ... -on-wings/
Re: Barnstorming days...
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:07 am
by G-CPTN
Parachute? What's one of those?
Re: Barnstorming days...
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:11 am
by TheGreenGoblin
G-CPTN wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:07 am
Parachute? What's one of those?
Indeed! Happy to report she died at the age of 82 without ever having needed a parachute.
Re: Barnstorming days...
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:26 am
by TheGreenGoblin
Sadly Gladys Roy (not to be confused with Ingle) the flying tennis player (literally) was killed after being struck by a prop.
All these flying Gladioli.
Re: Barnstorming days...
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:04 am
by ian16th
Couldn't 'appen today.
She'd 'ave 'elth & safety after 'er.
No 'ard 'at or Hi Vis vest!
Re: Barnstorming days...
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:22 pm
by Boac
Don't need facemasks as they are more than 2m apart?