Show USE TWINS TO TEST AIRCRAFT Stuffed Figures Ride Parachutes Prom From Dizzy zy Height PHILADELPHIA March 11 17 Leaping 1000 feet teet or moro more mor to earth at the th end of o a swaying parachute that may be b either elthe r good or tive Is the lit perilous busIness of ot Luc Lucy and Filbert the heat hea enly twins of the th naval nasal air ser serIce service service ice The twin tWillS claim claim a certain portion of tho the naval nasal al aircraft factory at the th Philadelphia n vy ard as their birthplace For them life lite Is not only a series of ot ups and do downs n but full tull of many striking Incidents I especially when parachutes tail fall all to open I Named by the tho th air sailor allor sailors the twins are ar singularly unattractive m iii mI iiiI I appearance Their chance chances for winning a beauty contest are ar nil for their countenances ashen gray from birth are ar kept kl t that way b the ha hazardous nature of o their duo du- duties du duties ties WITH SHOT blade Mado In the th semblance emblanc of human form Lucy and Filbert weigh elgh respectively ISO and ond pounds each They work In the th summer flying costume co tum of o the tho th air fore force but their constitution Is said ld by bythe bythe bythe the sailors sailor to con l t mainly of ot coil eoll- coll colled ed ci rope ropo covered o d with canvas with I enough buck buckshot hot In their chest ch t to them to the th specIfied weights il for tor testing parachute dummies Leather L ath r boots booti and glO es and ana a picturesque loop knot on top ot of their heads beads h ad complete their dos dos- co tum s The Th loop Is ts their solo means ot of o from support from the th para pam para para-chut ch chute ute As A soon Coon on as aa a the th aircraft ta factory too I completes a ne new n Lucy or Fil ril- ril bert the th newcomer In aviation is 18 I shipped d to one of the tho th naval I stations A number of them as a's 0 at work woric at T J 3 where her the Us big bl dirigible Shenandoah Is I be be- be belog be log Ing groomed TEST PAR They te test tet t th the parachutes provid provid- provided ed eel for tor or the th quick deScent of the I of oJ the airship In te case of ac- ac accident accident ac accident In tn the th clouds The tests tart Luc Lucs Lucor or FIlbert rt may be assigned to hurtle downward from froma II a lazilY luilly sa In kite balloon or orthey orthey they nia may be shoved off ott the th winK wing or of an Sn airplane speeding p at Kt bE 1 muse miles an hour Despite their many hard knock knocks and nd terrific tall fills falls their friends the th sailors allor say nay the th hase never failed to report for tor work the next day r |