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Show DAREDEVILS TO THRILL AT j PROVO SHOW p-amous fliers of the world champion air show will arrive 'j Lre Saturday to present their I spectacular aerial circus Sunday, I Mark Eggertsen, president of the , j,roVO Junior Chamber of Com-j Com-j merce, said today Many nationally famous .avi-:j .avi-:j .prs and aviatrixes and their at- .gdhes will zoom down to the tem-l tem-l noiaiy airport two miles west on l tenter street sometime Saturday 1 njorning and warm up for their performance Sunday. ' Tex Rankin, world champion ' .lunt pilot, will accompany the 'roup which includes George 1 twk, famous movie parachute ' jumper, Dorothy Harden, world s ; ioremost woman parachute jumper jump-er and many others. ; lex Rankin, who holds the : world record for out-side loops nith 131 consecutive circles, will lie the star of the show. He will : cave his motion picture work '- 3l Hollywood and lly to Provo : especially for the circus. rle'll do snap rolls close to the . ground, stalls, power dives, up-1 up-1 side-down flying at 300 miles an i hour in fact eveiything that he used in the Cleveland air races, the national air show in 193Y at : st. Louis, and the Oakland air races this spring. ! Supporting Rankin's daring ' stums will be other famous fliers. 7 Thrilling parachute descents I will be made by George Cook, '' champion delayed chute artist and Uorotny Barden, foremost woman 'parachute jumper. I, Cook who holds the record for ;, delayed jumps with a leap of .. more than three miles before : opening his chute, is m constant " demand on movie lots for hazard-' hazard-' ous wing-walking and chute jump-E jump-E ing. He will jump from 10,000 feet and will not open his chute ; until within 1,000 feet of the ground. Miss Barden, well known wo-i wo-i man parachute jumper, has made j over 700 jumps in the past eight years. She has jumped in most of the leading cities of the United , stales and will be in Provo next Sunday to thrill the crowds with her spectacular double parachute jump. The temporary field is located two miles west on Center street. A grandstand is being erected. Re-rerved Re-rerved seats are on sale at the World Champion Air Show headquarters head-quarters at Kee'leys Cafe, Provo. |