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Show DEAD MAN'S HANDS" if CONTROL AEROPLANE 1 1 Special Cable to The Trlbun. IMlr i BERLIN. Oct 4. No parallel can ba If ,lj $ found In the history of aviation for the f 1111 ! tragedy which occurred at the Johannlstal I'allSlfi flylns ground when Dr. Rlmsor died at Ii ;Hi the wheel of Ills aoroplano, which ro- A t ft rnalned for ten minutes moro In tho lr rJjl R e boforc It foil. !f Dl Before, ho made his ascent ut 6:80 Hi L o'cloclc in the moralnff, Dr. Rlncor com- f J plained of feollng unwell; nevertheless HI kz ho rose. When his monoplane had roaohed 14 If a helKht of about 900 feot and was olr- III 2 cling around tho flying ground. Dr. Ringer lUlffi z had a sudden heart seizure and died ap- idltllf parontlv Instantaneously. His hnnds re- 'I1iIfR mulnod" grasping the steorlng gear whilo TfftJ the monoplane continued to ascend. r II JyJ The spectators beloV noticed nothing nF'llfpVfl unusual and the monoplane continued Its llllun steady flight. A sudden gust of wind, illJi however, changed the position of the ma- itmElli chine and tho weight of the aviator's body EallllS wns thrown over tho steering whoel. The iffllll a loss of balance gave It an almost vertical Ii si I Mil position and It fell. inlSrUl Dr. Ringer's hands were still claspln rlrtll the whool and his eyes hnd an expression nl9iff of unspeakable anguish. Tho post-mortem il'llllil examination provod that ho had died fully m lfl ton minutes boforo tho fall of tho mono- lliSlIlRj plane. Sin |