MID-AIR REPAIR
Take a look at this film. Fabulous footage, although grainy due to time and bad equipment in those days compared to today; but what nerve this gal had.
Gladys Ingles was a member of a barnstorming troupe called the 13 Black Cats in the 1920s.
Ingles was a wing walker; in this film, she shows her fearlessness in classic barnstorming fashion to save an aeroplane that has lost one of its main wheels.
Ingles is shown with a replacement wheel being strapped to her back, and then off she goes as "Up She Goes," a duet from the era, provides the soundtrack.
Ingles transfers herself from the rescue plane to the one missing the main landing gear wheel, only a few feet from a spinning prop. She then expertly works herself down to the undercarriage. It's certainly a feat most mechanics wouldn't even try on the ground when the engine is running.
Take a look at this film. Fabulous footage, although grainy due to time and bad equipment in those days compared to today; but what nerve this gal had.
Gladys Ingles was a member of a barnstorming troupe called the 13 Black Cats in the 1920s.
Ingles was a wing walker; in this film, she shows her fearlessness in classic barnstorming fashion to save an aeroplane that has lost one of its main wheels.
Ingles is shown with a replacement wheel being strapped to her back, and then off she goes as "Up She Goes," a duet from the era, provides the soundtrack.
Ingles transfers herself from the rescue plane to the one missing the main landing gear wheel, only a few feet from a spinning prop. She then expertly works herself down to the undercarriage. It's certainly a feat most mechanics wouldn't even try on the ground when the engine is running.
The impossible we do at once - miricles take slightly longer.Almost like me,sitting on my Harley doing 200MPH and yet communucating with you on my laptop!
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