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Taking undue liberties with the solar system [Clipping]
Clipping, "Taking undue liberties with the solar system," from Mid-Week Pictorial, July 31, 1924. Article features a captioned image of stunt pilots Clyde Pangborn and Billy Brooks performing during a fireworks exhibition over New Orleans, Louisiana.…

[Clyde Pangborn hanging from Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn hanging from the underside of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during a barnstorming performance in Houston, Texas, circa 1920s. Inscription on verso: "Clyde wing walking over Hustion [Houston], Texas."

[Clyde Pangborn's crashed Curtiss JN-4]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn's Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft crashed nose-first into the ground, circa 1920s. "Pangborn" is written on the plane's wings.

Clyde Pangborn falling at Coronado Tent City
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn falling from a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny during a performance in Coronado, California, May 16, 1920. Pangborn was attempting an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt when he lost his grip and…

[Clyde Pangborn standing on vehicle]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn standing on the back of a moving car during an attempted auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, Coronado, California, circa 1920s.

[Clyde Pangborn on fuselage]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn straddling the fuselage of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Clyde Pangborn."

[Clyde Pangborn performing auto-to-airplane transfer stunt]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn climbing a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, California, circa 1921. "Savage Tires" is painted on the plane's wings.

[Clyde Pangborn falling at Coronado Tent City]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn falling from a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny during a performance in Coronado, California, May 16, 1920. Pangborn was attempting an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt when he lost his grip and fell.

[Clyde Pangborn wing-walking on Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn performing a wing-walking stunt on a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920s. "Air Taxi" is painted on the plane's wings.

[Clyde Pangborn hanging from Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn hanging from the underside of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during a barnstorming performance in San Diego, California, circa 1920. The inscription notes that the plane is piloted by Ralph Reed.Inscription on verso:…
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