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etruator and train", In thn Clall- 4. +. ;
inn Pllol TrnnunR program, un-
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doubinAly saved the life, of a Col.-
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ncndny but, no-
carding to volermi }litre nmy h: vo,,
coot an""..
Io the death or the In-
atructor. ,
Theen eaau•cee nrHa o that rvhon >•?� ya , ��
IYllllen, A. 9nlnde, Cornell eo ho- more walled out near Toughen-
nnckl11 Sleta Park file center I ��' �t-7@•
of Frnvlty of Cho light lrnlning �. 'M•�,
Plana wee eo changed that n den-
Rarously el d gl lit o raeultnd. H. ng
Potore, hnnU of the Ithncn Flying
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Sn 'I Inc., Joint sponsor of the �?^.•.. ^ :erg
CFT progrnl11 with Cornell, nod
LIauL-CanJr. nuesell Holdormnn
of nochoetcr, a flying notho in •�, 1
ooncurrttl as the nnRlo of gain
point.
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In their estimation, John I-tnRY,
rho 77-3-onrold Instructor tvho died
when Ills Pnrachuto fnllod to hol- ,. � uy �' t �`•!�.• r`s'=,
loon out end check Ills fall,
rewlzM too into that Iho angle of The photo 'above shows the wreckage Of
the piano's diva would be fatal, r
When be leapm, thev ewd Im the plane from which William Salade,
chose to gamble on the chute': Cornell sophomore (center), balled Out
checking his fall from so ]ow an •
altltudc. . -
Seca Forced Landing Possible
Mr. Peters, stressing the "con-
trolablllty" of the light. trainer,
was of the opinion that a fairly
successful forced landing might
have been accomplished hod Hagy
not sold to the 10-yeal-old trainee
from 16fedford, Ore„ "Got out and
good lucla"
Salado stepped out at wbnt he
estimated was a 1,000-foot nnitudo
and landed In a tree a half mile
away from the scene of the
wrocked plane and Hagv's body
with the chute stretched to Its
limit,
According to Mr. Peters, "The
parachute for use by niers In low I
nitlLuda maneuvers Is about as ire-
ful ns a step ladder." He said he
had no objections to the use of a `
chute for high altitude flight and
advanced aerobatics tvlth more
Powerful planes but had always .
been opposed to It for low level
flight The Ithaca Flying Service iPILLIAllf A. S 1LADE
Official explained thcrq was a •r 11
tendency to push the planes too r.
hard undersuch circumstances and
depend on the chute in case of
trouble.
After lnvestlgatlon by Civil 1?
Aeronautics Administration in--
specters, the consensus n•as that �, I
Hagy had first looked to the wel-
fare of his student pilot then tried
to make a forced landing In the �' ^
been field on the James E. Rico •l,
and Sons farm below. Mien he
realized a forced landing at the
steep glide was Impossible he, too, a" �d'� ��*1���'�°"1�+�•jli'
bnlled out In an effort to save his I
own life.•
1{•reclf1190 to Be Studied + ,
The structural part of the
wrecked wing -over -cabin trainer
was on its Amy to Rrasbington,
D. C., today for examination to de-
termine the cause of the accident,
Salads said, "Something snapped
In the ta11 as I brought it out of a i
spin following one and one-half
turns," Hagy took over the controls JOIELN HAGY
at that point and ordered the stu-
dent to jump. Rumsey and Buchman Undertaking I
The accident was the first since Parlors in Trumansburg Wednes-
the CPT program was Inaugu- day afternoon. Today it wns sent
rated In January, 1010, During that to Harrisburg, Pa., for funeral and
time and Including the present burial services Saturday. He is sur-
Class, the Ithaca Flying Service has
conducted 5,180 hours of training vlved by his widow, his parents,
flight without Injury to any of the -Mr. and Jars. Frank Hagy, of Hat-
248 students or their Instructors, rlsburg and a brother, also of Hary
Primary, secondary, and cross rlsburg,
country training hero been glven -Meteorology had nothing to do
over that period, with meteors, but is a study of the
Hag)_i twdy was removed to the earth's atmosphere.
Sttcc"17,,t Survivor
Wednesday. Below is a picture of John
Ilagy of Elmira, flying instructor who
was killed In a vain leap from the ship.
Has Lead in Pfoy
Miss Salrley u - .- —
rrHACA- — The Ithaca high
school production d Able'■
which opened Frl-
Irish liose-
8 15 will be atur ay in B*,at,,
e.15 D rn. Saturday
T,{emmlal FaaA the school audl-
toriam. The PtaY is directed by
Maas lsabet Murray
u plays '•Mrs-
CohenShlr�cy wOther leading players l
were Miss Mary C m a, 'Rase ,
Mary Murphy:' Raymond Sb�
herd. as -Able y Solomon
Charles LoPinto,
Levy"
The cast inclus Richard Ca-
llstri, Robert hard
Compton. a
Miss Marion Klein and
the Mlsaes Georglanna C° west.
Betty Larkin. b1arY Jo
Eileen Farley, Debbie Halton,
Patricia Ylack and Madeline
Itleyers,
Children's Day at Tompkins County Fair
This is just a part of the crowd of Tomp-
kins County children who thronged the
Fair Grounds Tuesday to participate in
the opening events of the 100th anniver-
sary fair of the Tompkins County Agri-
.,
—IRIITPt )tl1lt. i`h,.1a
cultural and Horticultural Society, The
picture was snapped in front of the
newly -renovated grandstand when the
Youngsters were watching free vaude-
-ille acts.
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