Aeronautics: Flights & Flyers, Sep. 24, 1934

Comeback. Last year, fortnight after his wedding at Hangchow, China, Lieut. Christopher Mathewson Jr., son of Baseball's late great "Big Six," took his bride for an airplane ride, cracked up on a mud-flat. His bride lost her life, he his left leg. Last week, with an artificial leg, Christy Mathewson Jr. went to Roosevelt Field, L. I., had an instructor "check him out," made several solo flights. Said he: "I find I can fly as well as ever. . . . I intend to carry on in the industry."

Tear Gas. Flying a fast Lockheed...

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