Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
1T FAIR TO [EAP
 FROM PLANE I0
 ANOTHER IN AIR
Lieut.. Locklear Has Been
 Engaged to do This Dare
 Devil Stunt at the Arizona State Fair November 3-8.


 Leaping from one airplane 10 an- other in mid-air will be the $10,000 super attraction staged by Lieutenant Ormer Locklear during Arizona fair week, November 3-S, inclusive This feat is declared by those who have witnessed it as the most daring stunt of knocking nerve and ingenuity ever conceived by any daredevil of the air.
 A telegram was received at the office of the fair commission yesterday from C. K. Pishon, chairman of the commis- sion, now in Los Angeles, announcing that he had signed up with Locklear, thus giving absolute assurance, barring death of the performer, that Locklear will exhibit here.
 Lieutenant Locklear stands today as the premier stunt aviator in America In his stellar act, which he has agreed 10 put on here during fair week, he stands far out on the upper wing of one machine. speeding through space at 100 miles an hour, and then makes a leap for another plane as it swoops across the course above him. To ac- complisn this daring feat affords a spectacle unique in the annals of the spectacular To fail means sure and sudden death.
 Reset With Hazards
 Locklear has never failed. He has performed his air-raising acrobatics g hundred times, to the delight and wonderment of thousands. and yet he is never quite sure whether his next attempt may not result in failure. So much depends on accurate judgment as to the proper distance between the fo then, again, so many uncertain ele- ments. such as the force and direction of the wind, have to be reckoned with as to make every attempt beset with hazards
 Loeklear is not fake. This asser- tion is borne out by what the New York Tribune had to say regarding his performance at famous Sheepsheao Bay. Here it is:
 Ten thousand people stood aghast yesterday at Sheepshead Bay speed way and watched Lieutenant Ormer Locklear leap from one airplane to an- other in mid air.
 But ten feet separated the two ma chimes as they whirled through space Standing upon the upper wing of the lower airplane, Locklear waited his opportunity to jump for the rope lad der dangling from the undercarriage of he upper machine.
 People Cry in Horror
 Nearer and nearer the two machines came together, until it seemed as though they would crash and hurI the airman from his Eercn. Then as the Hirplanes were about to cross over the grandstand Locklear made his leap. cry Of horror escaped the crowd as they watched the jump, and the next moment the two machines were hidden from view. Two seconds. later they swept back in a sharp banking turn into full view of the crowd
 There, hanging over the end of the ladder, with his feet, head and arms dangling, was LockIear As the ma chine tore through the air in front of the grandstand he waved his arms mockingly to the spectators below him. For full two minutes he remained in this position his body dangling at the end of the rope like a pendulum in the breeze. Then he slowly climbed his way up into the fuselage of the ma chine
 It is the stunt here described that Loeklear will put on at the fair unless ne meets his fate sooner.
 Secure Victory Show
 HS ldiF cOLnH1lSSlOn mas pledged the people of Arizona the best there is for the coming session" said Secretary Shirley Christy yesterday in discussing the wire from Chairman Pishon. s'and t is quite evident from this that they intend to carry out their promise in the matter of attractions as well as in every other department of the pro- gram.
 Another superb attraction Is an- nounced by Shirley Christy, secretary of the fair commission, in the arrange ments which have been entered into with the United States department of agriculture calling for the staging Of the combined government exhibits known as the Victory snow''
 One of the noteworthy features or this exhibit will be the collection of trophies and other enemy material cap tured on the battlefields of France by American soldiers. The captured ar ticles include almost everything from big trench mortar to canteen. With them will be shown military and naval equipment of the American forces, in addition to displays from other govern mental departments.