COLORADO: Unscheduled Performance

The Lions Club of Flagler, Colo. (pop. 793) last week put on the first air show in the town's history. A thousand farmers, small-town businessmen, their wives and children turned out. It was great weather for flying.

Promptly at 2 p.m., Fred Ruble of Denver began a soaring demonstration in his sail plane and drew gasps of delight and awe. Just after he landed, the crowd heard the snarl of a plane coming in fast and low. It was 1st Lieut. Norman L. Jones of Denver, an experienced Air Force pilot, arriving in a low-wing monoplane. He was late. All pilots...

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