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The Women Who Walked on Wings

Gladys Roy and Ivan Unger play tennis on the wing of a biplane in flight, 1925. Gladys Roy, pictured above on the far wing, is probably the only woman in the world who could say she's played tennis on an airplane– at least in our circle of friends. As it turns out, a lot of women did some pretty

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The original wing walkers who defied death, 1920-1980 - Rare Historical Photos

Arising as a daredevil stunt in the aerial shows of the 1920s, wing walking was the act of moving along the wings of a biplane during flight.

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Kermit Weeks owns this J-1, and is restoring it.

 

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Less than fifteen years after the Wright Brother's first flight, and there are already four engined bombers in the air! And that Bristol Braemar wasn't even the first; the Imperial Russian Air Service already had a four engined passenger airliner/heavy bomber flying in 1913, the Sikorsky Ilya Muromets.

In passenger service, it had the first airborne toilet, comfortable chairs for sixteen passengers, a lounge and sleeping berth. It also had heating and electricity but not as you'd expect - heat came from exhaust tubes passing through the passenger section, and electricity was provided from an external windmill driving a generator.

After World War I had started, it was developed into the first bomber, able to carry over 1100 pounds of bombs, aimed with a bombsight. As well, it had up to nine gun positions including the world's first tail gunner. Powerplants were British V8 Sunbeam Crusader aircraft engines.

 

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