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HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES LIVESOF LIVESOF OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFl YOURSELFI YOURSELFI"Two YOURSELFlJs "Two Two " Kinds Kmds Kiilds of Death " HELLO H U ELLO EVERYBODYThIS EVERYBODYThis EVERYBODY n- n nThis - This is the story of a man who had a choice to makea make -a a - a choice between two t\lO t lO trio \ kinds kmds of deathOne deathOne death deathOne One of those deaths was certam-and certam and certain-and certain certain - and unpleasant If he hechose hechose hechose chose the other he d at least have a chanceBut chanceBut chance chanceBut But he chose the death that was unpleasant-and unpleasant and unpleasant - and cer certam certaint certain tam taint ' taintAnthony Anthony A Hensler is his name and he lives m New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City Tony is an aviator , and one day in m the latter latterpart latterpart latterpart part of July 1927 he had a call from Andy Andrews who whowas whowas whowas was then senior semor pilot at Curtis field out m in MmeolaAndy MineolaAndy Mmeola Mineola MmeolaAndy Andy wanted to get hold of somebody who could take a ablImp ablimp ablimp blImp up in m the air and put it through test flights There Therewere Therewere Therewere were few men available in m the East at that time who 1mew knew 1mewenough knewenough knewenough ofthem enough to test fly a blimp and Tony Hensler was one of ofthem them Andy asked askcd h m if 1l he v ould do the JobTony jobTony job jobTony Tony said it was all right with him blm and Andy took himto himto him himto to meet a fellow Cellow named Iiamza hamza Itamza who owned the bl mp The arrngements arrangements ar artineements tineements r\ngements r ngements rangements ' \ were made and Tony went to work lie De did a little l1tt1e l1tt1etmkermg littletinkering littletinkering tinkering tmkermg with the thc machinery maclunery and finally had the bie big eas gas bagwhipped bar bag barwhipped 1\ 1 ' \ whippedinto whipped 1luppcd luppcd into mto shape tor ror for a first 1 I opThe opThe op opThe The department of commerce lays down certa n rules by which va var var var r ous OUg types of a rcraft are tested and the rule m in regard to bl mps was wasthat wasthat waathat that the first hop had to be a fixed flight . . That means that the blimp bl1mp 19 is 19sent issent nsent sent aloft with a I 1 ne attached to the ground so that it If anything anythmg goes goeswrong goeswrong goeswrong wrong it can t get away float fioat over the city and kill somebody or damage damageproperty damageproperty damageproperty property in m coming commg downTony down downTony Tony Decides on a Second Fixed FI'ced FIced FIYed ' FhghtTony FlightTony Flight Fhght FlightTony Tony made that fixed fl ght . . . He adjusted the controls and centered centeredthe centeredthe centeredthe the stab hzation matwo lization But just to make sure everything everythmg was in m good shape shapehe shapehe shapehe he decided to make a second fixed flight fught a few days later while he hechecked hechecked hachecked checked those controls over aga n 0 And three days later on the third of ofAugust ofAugust olI August he did make that fixed flight fught . . And it nearly fixed Tony tor for good . . . Tony climbed chmbed into mto the blimp bhmp all set for what he thoueht thought was wasgomg wasgoing wasgoing gomg going to be just another routine test in a captive balloon firmly firmlyanchored firmlyanchored firmlyanchored anchored to the ground by x a land line Ime But the trouble waso wasn t long longm longin longin m in startine startIng Ioo l ! T o sooner was the tbe blimp bl1mp in the tbe air than the land Ime line Imesnapped linesnapped linesnapped snapped and the big gas bag started shootme shootIng upwardShe upwardShe upward upwardShe She went up to 6 6000 000 feet before I I got the motor started Tony Tonysays Tonysays Tonysays says but the motor a two cyl nder high lugh speed motorcycle engine engme finally finallybegan finallybegan finallybegan began to turn over and tor for a wh Ie le everything everytlung went swell . But not for forlong forlong torlong long I was just over Manhattan with my spirits as high aa as my ship shipThey 1 1They - - They were creahng creating creatin ; a wind wmd of their own that was slowly tiirmns turnmg turning " the thebhmp theblimp th.blimp thblimp . bhmp blimp s nose aroundwhen around aroundwhen when things thmgs began to happen And what I mean everything everythmg happened happenedat at once My controls began to go sour The big bag began to hoe hog badly badlyAnd badlyAnd badlyAnd And to make matters worse a large hole appeared in m the nose of the thesh thesh thesh sh pI pI p pI I shut off oft the motor for fear ol of an explosion I had carried 15 000 000cubic 000cubic 000cubic cubic feet of hydrogen when I left the airport , , and if 1l a motor spark ever evergot evergot evergot got into mto any of that leaking leakmg gas it Jt would blow me and the blimp to bitsThe bitsThe bits bitsThe The ship was losing losmg altitude fast The city seemed a long Ion ; way waydon waydown waydown do\\n do n down \ but it was ecttme gettmg getting closer with alarmme alarmlDg alarming speed And then thenTony thenTony thenTony Tony took a desperate chance-dld chance dld chance-did did chance - - did the only tlung thing thm ; he could couldto couldto couldto to save himself and avoid crashme crashmg crashing on a tall buildinf bulldmg building or m ID in a acrowded acrowded acrowded crowded New York street He De climbed out on the narrow cat cat- catwalk catwalk catwalk - - walk and pulled on the foremost suspension cords doubling the thecloth thecloth 'loth loth cloth < ' over the hole in the bag s nose Dose to prevent any more hydrogen hydrogenleakmg hydrogenleaking hydroeenleaking leakmg leaking out of the balloonThe balloon balloonThe The Blimp Bhmp Wallowed Helplessly lIelplessly in Mid 11Iid airAfter airAfter air airAfter After securing securmg those ropes he says I felt a little better tor for 1 I 1then Ithen Ithen then kne v that the ship wouldn t crash in the crowded city But I 1 still stilldldn stilldidn stilldidn dldn didn t dare start the motor and the blimp was wallowing wallowmg helplessly In Inmid inmid inmid mid air And what was worse st at 11 the wind wmd was carrying carrymg me out to seaAnd seaAnd sea seaAnd And right nght there was where Tony had to make his choice-his choice his choice - - his choice choicebetween choicebetween choicebetween between two kinds kmds of death There was a sl m chance that he be mIght mIghtbnng mightbring mightbring bnng bring that b g bag down safely in m crowded New York . . On the other side sideof sideof sideof of the p cture was the prospect of blowing tar far out to sea and dro vnmg vning vnmgin vningin vnmgin in the Atlantic Drown ng wasn t a pleasant thought . . It would be much muchbetter muchbetter muchbetter better to try and make a landing in m New York-for York for York - for Tony Buthat But \\hat hat what whatabout \ whatabout hatabout about those other people down there-those there those there - - those scurrying humans that looked lookedlike lookedlike lookedlike like ants as they crawled along the cro vded streets ' It If Tony landed landedamong landedamong landedamong among them there was a pretty good chance that a lot of themould them \\ould ould could couldbe \ wouldbe ouldbe be killed killedSo So Tony made his Ius choice and he chose the sure unpleasant unpleasantdeath unpleasantdeath unpleasantdeath death rather than takinf takmg taking a fghtme fghlmg fghting chance and perhaps killingsomeone killingsomeone killing ; someone else lie He sat still and aud did nothme nothmg nothing while the wind wmd carned carried carnedhlDl carriedhim carriedbun hlDl him out to sea ' ' Tony Recognizes Recogmzes a Woman PilotOut PilotOut Pilot PilotOut Out across New York harbor he floated-ut floated ut floated-out out floated - ( ) out toward Sandy Hook Hookand Hookand Hookand and the ocean-and ocean and ocean - and his Ius doom dooml ' And then from over toward the Jersey Jerseyshore Jerseyshore Jerseyshore shore Tony saw two planes coming commg in his direction As they neared him himhe himhe himbe he recogn zed one It was the plane ot of Thea Rasch the famous German Germanwoman Germanwoman Germanwoman woman pilot . . The pilotThe two planes came closer and closer They couldn t take takeTony takeTony takeTony Tony off oIr that blimp bUmp [ in n mid xir air In fact f.1ct f1ct . it didn dldn t loot look as thoughthere though thoughthere thoughthere there was much mucb they could do but stand by or return to the air airport airport airport port from which whleb they had come and tend send help But Tony To19 Tonj Tonjwasn ' wasn t tcountmg tcounting tcountmc countmg counting on the ingenuity mgeunity of Thea Rasch She beaded headed straicht straight for forthe forthe ( orthe the blimp until Tony thoueht thought she was coins going to crash into It-until It until Ituntilhe ituntilhe it - - untilhe he could feel the wind wlDd of the plane as It dived under him The Theotber Theother Theother otber other plane followed suit They were creating a wind wlDd of their thClr own ownthat ownthat ownthat that was slowly twame turnmg turning the blimp blimps s nose around-pointing around pointing around - pointing It Itback itback Itback back to landAbout landAbout land landAbout About that time too the wind that was blowing blowmg him hlID out to sea seashJ.fted seashifted seashifted shJ.fted shJfted shifted . to another quarter Aided by that that , , and by the two planes Tony Tonyfinally Tonyfinally Tonyfinally finally landed at College Po nt L I and there he was met by a crowd crowdthat crowdthat crowdthat that would pack paek the Yankee stadium including mcludmg the College Point Pomt pollee police polleereserves policereserves policereserves policereservesNope reserves reservesNope Nope I wasn wasu t locked up says Tony But it jf if It hadn t been for forthe forthe ( orthe the backwash of those two planes I 1 d have blown out to sea and neverround neverfound never neverfound found round againReleased againReleased again ( Released Rcl scd by We&tern Wetern We.tern Webtern & . 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