In the late nineteenth century, circus aerialists collaborated with show balloonists to perform death-defying stunts, initially by suspending themselves from trapeze bars beneath a …
In 1910, pioneer aviator Art Smith was as celebrated as any movie star might be today. He thrilled audiences with his barnstorming feats, doing dives, ""death spirals,"" sky …
Only three years after American raceplanes failed dismally in the most important air race of 1920, a French magazine lamented that American ""pilots have broken the records which …
