Show GAINS FAME BY DARING fEAT It ITHOMPSON THOMPSON MODEST ABOUT T q n w- w 4 ti fY fYI fYi p I a i T 5 4 n t y 4 1 t c IZ I ir 1 o e I e eI I t- t t S SS S a t S Isic 11 PHOTO tk Tommy Thompson aviator w ho bo I is noss no flIghts In and wili hue litre until cold weather r Thompson Ia b nO D lIS as ono of tho best beat liters of the et nial not long ago took pal lOI In the tho ic- ic me cue of a girl from another r when hen the tho parachute she sho became entangled and she lio hung below the In danger of t death general seem to be B modest and e as to their exploits far tar above the lie clouds and and Tommy Thompson who Is la now flying In Ogden and taking many passengers Is no exception to this rule Tomm when lou OU ou set get him In conversation Uon does not say much about himself but a glance at hi scrapbook If it if ou are fortunate enough to get a 0 look at It vili show him much as a hero espe espo- espo- espo especially dally daily when hen the life liCe Of a woman oas aa recently at stake It at Houston Texas last b February when Gor- Gor Gordon Gor Gordon don a ii chorus girl Kirt had agreed to drop with a parachute from 1 plane 2000 feet in the tho air during an aerial circus In which Thomp Thomp- Thompson Thompson Thompson son and others were appearing She went up and made her jump hut but the weight of ot her light body ails lUl not su to tear the tho canvas bag of the parachute from Its fas- fas fastenings fastenings fas fastenings She hung suspended IJ 13 feet teet below the wings Ings of ot the plane pIano while Clyde E B the pi pl pilot lot lot feared to land knowing that he would drag drog the girl to deah up upon n the ground She was aB not hot strong enough to pull herself up on the wings and hung suspended like a 0 doll far abo abose e the ground DISHES B SKYWARD SIa AnD Thompson was On the the- th ground t at atthe atthe the time with his plane He quick quick- quickly quickly ly Iy shot his ship In the air and nd pi- pi piloted pi piloted It a lea lev feet teet from front the a anal anal- swag swaging 0 ing girl v while ho talked to her lIer and found she abe could not free freo hers It or pull herself herselt up to safety on tho wing Ho then S snooped and dropped a it note which he had n in the air asking that Fr Fred FredLund FredLund d Lund a wing walker Ing who WI 8 wason on the tho ground get a n rope ropo and get go read lo to come como aboard his ship he landed Lund Jumped into the plane with Tommy as he landed and the thel zoomed Into the air alt In la pursuit of the plane trans from which the girl hung swaying among lie clouds Time rIme and again Tommy almot rubbed wings with nith the plane aa as Lund hung from the end of his v In and tried to make t 1 transfer to the plane After many unsuccessful attempts the two PilOts maneuvered their Ings aings almost almot together and Lund reached over and seized a n strut and hung from tho the wing of the Pang rn plane He lie clambered to safety and then started the rescue CHANCE GE PLACES With a a man named Irton Irton an an- an another other an-other other walker ins Lund at- at tempted to 10 pull the girl Irl up on the tho thawing wing but out they were not strong enough Girton was a tiny man but who was lIS flying the plane was a II husky Finding they were unable to pull the girl to 10 safety Lund climbed into the cock cock- cockpIt cockpit pit and took over the control of I the ship chip while climb Id out with Ith Girton and Inch by Inc's the hauled the girl to the ho land land- landIng landing I ing log gear of the tho ho plane where here she hunG until a safe sate landing as made Three thousand spectators who watched the rescue breathed a deep sigh of relief relict The girl a landed unhurt The rescue thrilled Houston and I IThe throughout the coun coun- country coun- coun country country try contained lengthy new stories In which Lund Thorn Thorn- son son and Girton were the heroes TO STAY TAY I OGDEN I scrapbook will sIll sho v many other daring air exploits It S I that Thompson has had lear ears of air experience and anil ha thrilled thousands In air circuses s sand I and at one time Ume he upon regu reg regular lIar I lar scheduled for an airplane line I for several svera months Hi His hours houra In Inthe the air run Into the thousands I Those Thoe who enJo enjoy flights In the theair air will be pleased with the dec deci decision sion ion of ot Thompson Saturday to tomake tomake ISlon make mke Ogden his home for the next ne St months months Passenger flights will be bo made many times dall dally daily and v while hero here m many ny photographs are areto areto areto to be taken of Utah s factories In- In Industries in industries and resources from the air or to be used In advertising Utah Today Thompson Today Thompson wilt out make pas pas- passenger pas passenger flights from Crom hi his landing field in est W ext est Ogden west of ot th the Globe mm mills |