The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
Very Successful Event Was
Pulled OFF There
BUSINESS IS PLEASING
Newspaper In That City Speaks
Very Highly Of The Enter
tainment Presented


bad weather conditions prevailing
Thursday the Veteran Filters. who are
unanimous in their claim that they
had never flown in worse air, put ca
their two scheduled performances, the
first at ten a. m. and the second, and
most important show at five p. m.
This performance was due to start at
four p. m. but was held up for an hour
} allow the wind to die bit. 1t
! would have been impossible for
George Comet" Wright, the ace of
with anything like the usual stunts
at four o'clock but by five o'clock the
air conditions had improved sufficient
ly to permit Wright to give his usual
finished" performance.
The morning show consisted of
Crewdson N the large L. w. F. doing
stunt flying which consisted of the
falling leaf, Immelman turns, loop the
loop and tail spins. The Newport
ed to fly in formation with the L. w.
F. but the speed of the l.. w. F. was
so much greater than the formation
flying proved rather unsuccessful.
Wing Walking Sensational.
At the start of the afternoon per-
Torrance, which was given at an al
5titude of less than 800 feet aboye
the main streets, the large ship car
rying Comet" Wright upon the wings,
sin and as it passed over the business
district Wright was standing on the
extreme tip of the wing; second
later he had reversed his position and
! was standing on his head with his
feet protruding over the leading edge
of the plane. From this position he
swung to the wing skid below the
ship and hung by one hand and wav-
ed at the assembled crowd with his
! passed completely over the town and
while they were circling to get back
over Main street Comet" remained
under the ship.
He next climbed to the top wing
Of the plane and stood on his head
there with nothing between him and
death but his muscular strength. 1t
must be quite feat of strength to
hold oneself erect against a wind
it passes understanding how a man
can so develop himself that he can
hold himself against such a wind with
his feet in the air and with his head
down. While Mr.. Wright was doug
this bit of his act he had the mis-
fortune to be jolted by an air bump
and suffered the painful experience OF
having two ribs, broken; naturally
this rather slowed up his performance
bit and it took him forty five min
utes to complete his wing walking.
The normal time consumed by this
feature Of the act is half an hour.
$500 Foot Jump.
At. 5:45 Comet" and his under
study, who was riding in the ship
with him, took to their parachutes
while they were $500 feet high and
twelve minutes that they consumed in
getting back to earth. The double
parachute jump was an unexpected
treat. It had not be9n arranged for
in the contract but the fiiers are so
pleased with the way Redwing has
treated them that when a dispute
arose between Comet Wright and
Speed" Hennesy as to which owned
the best riding parachute the man
dispute and at the same time give
Redwing better measure than they
had contracted for. The mix by
the way is not yet settled because
Comet" cut loose before Speed"
succeeded in getting away and there
fore the race was an unequal one and
will have to be repeated at some flu
ture date.
The city schools were dismissed at
3:45 to enable the children to see the
stunts.
The streets were thronged with
people and the merchants who have
been interviewed have all expressed
themselves as more than pleased with
the days business.
The conclusion here is, according to
William Edstrom, president of the
Advertising club, that a more sue
cessful day both as to entertainment
and business could not have been ar
ranged.
The Flying Circus is billed for Man.
kato October, 81, % and 20. >