Aeronautics: Flights & Flyers, Dec. 7, 1931

Chamberlin v. Dragon, Flying passengers over Brooklyn, Pilot Clarence Duncan Chamberlin sighted a monster yellow-&-black dragon bobbing crazily about in the sky—one of the helium-filled balloons released from the annual Thanksgiving Day parade of R. H. Macy & Co. Pilot Chamberlin dived at the dragon, sheared off its head with his wingtip, carried it back to the field on his wing. Next day he received from Macy's one of the $25 rewards offered for the recovery of each monster.

Fastest? While Pilot Lowell R. Bayles flashed back & forth over the Wayne County...

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