Monday, September 16, 2024

1912 Airshow, loop the loop!

112 years later, the current world record is 2,368 consecutive loops, held by David Childs of North Pole, Alaska.

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  1. Even with online help, I'm terrible at all forms of computation. But it looks like $2,000 1912 would be $64,906.39 today. Can that be right? Could that ultrabrave fellow have taken home nearly $195,000 just for not painting the Coronado Polo Grounds with his innards?

    I wonder, too, if he was paid for his upside-down flight in upside-down money.

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    1. Yeah, that's what I read too. A lot of money for a few minutes work. But he didn't like performing and actually quit a few times before this event but always returned . Till he died a couple of years later-as Jeff says...

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  2. Died early. Crashed into San Francisco Bay in 1915 and drowned. Interesting guy.

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