The New York herald., 1921-05-16
GIRL FLYER LOOPS
LOOP 1879 Times
Laura BrOmwell Also Makes
135 Miles an Hour in Test
at Curtiss Field.
CROWD THRILLED BY HOAX
Runaway Plane Seemingly
Without a Pilot Makes Crazy
Gyrations With Actress.

UyrdUlOhS WIUH AcCrcSS.
Miss Laura Bromwell. slim young
woman of %, who loks as il she could
play good game of croquet, climbed
into the rear cockpit Of big Curtiss
standard biplane yesterday afternoon
at Curtiss Field, Garden City,. scared
up to 5000 feet and started looping
loping, an hour and twenty minutes
later, she had shattered her own
worlds record for woman pilot by
more than one hundred. In the eighty
minutes she loped 199 times.
There were lot of men pilots buzz
zing around Curtiss field yesterday for
the amusement of ten or twelve thou
sand people who came to witness the
opening Of the Aero Clubs field club
house, but Miss Bromwell grabbed
most Of the honors. Her busy after
noon included also the shattering OF
the woman's speed record and a little
hop of 5000 feet with a parachute
jumper.
Although bit disappointed because
no other woman pilot came to the field
in answer to her challenge for any sort
of aerial contest, Miss Bromwell and
her mother arrived early in the after
noon. The aviatrix was attired In the
blue uniform of a lieutenant in the
aerial police reserve, with gold bar
on each shoulder and double wing in
sigma on her chest. She hopped nimbly
aboard the big Curtiss which looked as
IL 1t needed mans strong arm to con-
troll it. and was all ready to go when a
corps of autocratic camera men galloped
UP and delayed proceedings
Climbed High Three Times.
Once released by them she shot across
the long grass Of the field In the big
green bodied plane and up in the air.
Scorning stunts she headed upward at
a steep and business-lilke climb. corcling
around the field as she gained altitude.
He rplane was a mere black speck
against the thin white clouds yelling
the blue when the three officials ana
thousands of unofficial observers noted
the first downward plunge for speed and
abrupt swoop upward and over.
Then as regular as clock work the
roaring plane looped and looped. one
second upright and tho next on Its back.
Gradually the plane lost altitude, and
as II drifted downward the loops be-
came more apparent They were clean
cut loops, too. approving pilots on tho
ground declared. Each swoop down
ward added enough speed to the plane
to bring 1t easily to the top of the great
circle, with no side slipping or falling
out" of the evolution. About the 110tn
loop Miss Bromwell was dangerously
near the ground so she climbed upward.
and at about $500 feet started looping
once more. Again. still busily looping.
she reached the danger zone just above
the ground. and although the record
was smashed to bits. smoared UP again
to $500 feet and looped some more.
Finally. at 800 feet, she decided to call
that part OF the programme over and
landed.
When the plane TAXED up TO the line
there was general dash toward It.
Mrs. Bromwell beatthe camera men by
several feet
II counted two hundred" Mrs. Brom-
well said. Gracious. Laura. your hair
Is sight"
Il didn't do any counting myself"
said Laura. wait a minutel"
The camera man had no intention OF
waiting, but Miss Bromwell ducked out
Of range in her cockpit, powdered her
nose and adjacent portions OF her dill
gently. and carefully combed her curly,
light brown bobbed hair. Then she
emerged. smiling but obviously a bit
tired by her eighty minutes OF hard
work.
Plane Runs Away with "Girl."
The girl shattered the women worlds
record for speed while plotting q swift
Ansaldo s. V. A., an Italian machine,
which les at such high speed that II
takes real expert to land II without
strewing the field with bits OF landing
course of 1.99 miles she averaged 1885
miles an hour. Toward the end Of the
afternoon. although her right arm was
sore from handling the stick. she car
ried wild Bilr' Kopia to a height OF
5000 feet. at which altitude he decided
10 get off and walk He made clean
leap and the single shoot he carried
opened according to schedule.
Although Miss Bromwell starred
throughout the afternoon Nine. Pucelli
OF the Winter Garden gave the crowd
the greatest scare OF the afternoon. As
Dick Depew. Curtiss pilot was about TO
take Nine Pucelli a comely. gorgeousy
attired young woman with an interest
ing grey silk clad ankle. &c. for her
first fight he was called to the tele-
phone He jumped out of the front
cockpit, leaving the motor idling. As
he ran away from the plane the engine
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