Gladys Roy, Stunt Flier, Killed in Ohio
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Whirling Propeller Strikes Minneapolis Girl Posing for Picture.
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Gladys Roy, 23-year-old Minneapolis girl stunt flier who was planning to fly from New York to Rome, was killed at Youngstown, Ohio, Monday afternoon when she stepped into the path of the whirling propeller of her airplane.
Miss Roy, who held world's records for women's parachute jumping, had climbed into her plane at Watson field at the Ohio city to pose for a motion picture with a bathing beauty. The picture was nearly completed when she started the engine of her plane, stepped down from the fuselage and unconsciously walked into the propeller. The plane was motionless on the ground at the
time of the accident. Miss Roy was rushed to a hospital where she died shortly afterward.
Made Leap on Second Ride.
The Minneapolis aviatrix was the wife of Arthur J. Roy, 2309 Chicago avenue, hut used the name of Gladys Roy in her stunt work. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Smith, also living at 2309 Chicago avenue.
Born in Minneapolis in 1904, she attended the public schools of this city and was g aduated (sic) from South high school in 1921. Shortly after her graduation from high school she had her first airplane ride with her brother, Lieutenant Chadwick Smith, at the Robbinsdale airport. On her second trip in the air she crawled out on the wing of the plane and made a parachute jump which decided her career. From that time she became a professional stunt performer.
Hurt at State Fair.
During the state fair last year she leaped from a speeding plane and in the descent her parachute plunged swiftly through an air pocket 100 feet from the ground, causing her to fall heavily on her back and to dislocate her hip.
In July of this year she had announced that she was planning a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Rome.
Surviving are her husband, Arthur J. Roy; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Willstumpf of St. Cloud, Minn., and Mrs. John Haberstroh of Livingston, Mont., and four brothers, Lee, Lester, Max and Chadwick. Chadwick Smith is an airmail pilot, carrying mail between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tuesday, August 16, 1927
Page 1
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Whirling Propeller Strikes Minneapolis Girl Posing for Picture.
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Gladys Roy, 23-year-old Minneapolis girl stunt flier who was planning to fly from New York to Rome, was killed at Youngstown, Ohio, Monday afternoon when she stepped into the path of the whirling propeller of her airplane.
Miss Roy, who held world's records for women's parachute jumping, had climbed into her plane at Watson field at the Ohio city to pose for a motion picture with a bathing beauty. The picture was nearly completed when she started the engine of her plane, stepped down from the fuselage and unconsciously walked into the propeller. The plane was motionless on the ground at the
time of the accident. Miss Roy was rushed to a hospital where she died shortly afterward.
Made Leap on Second Ride.
The Minneapolis aviatrix was the wife of Arthur J. Roy, 2309 Chicago avenue, hut used the name of Gladys Roy in her stunt work. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Smith, also living at 2309 Chicago avenue.
Born in Minneapolis in 1904, she attended the public schools of this city and was g aduated (sic) from South high school in 1921. Shortly after her graduation from high school she had her first airplane ride with her brother, Lieutenant Chadwick Smith, at the Robbinsdale airport. On her second trip in the air she crawled out on the wing of the plane and made a parachute jump which decided her career. From that time she became a professional stunt performer.
Hurt at State Fair.
During the state fair last year she leaped from a speeding plane and in the descent her parachute plunged swiftly through an air pocket 100 feet from the ground, causing her to fall heavily on her back and to dislocate her hip.
In July of this year she had announced that she was planning a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Rome.
Surviving are her husband, Arthur J. Roy; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Willstumpf of St. Cloud, Minn., and Mrs. John Haberstroh of Livingston, Mont., and four brothers, Lee, Lester, Max and Chadwick. Chadwick Smith is an airmail pilot, carrying mail between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tuesday, August 16, 1927
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Gladys Roy, Stunt Flier, Killed in Ohio
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Whirling Propeller Strikes Minneapolis Girl Posing for Picture.
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Gladys Roy, 23-year-old Minneapolis girl stunt flier who was planning to fly from New York to Rome, was killed at Youngstown, Ohio, Monday afternoon when she stepped into the path of the whirling propeller of her airplane.
Miss Roy, who held world's records for women's parachute jumping, had climbed into her plane at Watson field at the Ohio city to pose for a motion picture with a bathing beauty. The picture was nearly completed when she started the engine of her plane, stepped down from the fuselage and unconsciously walked into the propeller. The plane was motionless on the ground at the
time of the accident. Miss Roy was rushed to a hospital where she died shortly afterward.
Made Leap on Second Ride.
The Minneapolis aviatrix was the wife of Arthur J. Roy, 2309 Chicago avenue, hut used the name of Gladys Roy in her stunt work. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Smith, also living at 2309 Chicago avenue.
Born in Minneapolis in 1904, she attended the public schools of this city and was g aduated (sic) from South high school in 1921. Shortly after her graduation from high school she had her first airplane ride with her brother, Lieutenant Chadwick Smith, at the Robbinsdale airport. On her second trip in the air she crawled out on the wing of the plane and made a parachute jump which decided her career. From that time she became a professional stunt performer.
Hurt at State Fair.
During the state fair last year she leaped from a speeding plane and in the descent her parachute plunged swiftly through an air pocket 100 feet from the ground, causing her to fall heavily on her back and to dislocate her hip.
In July of this year she had announced that she was planning a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Rome.
Surviving are her husband, Arthur J. Roy; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Willstumpf of St. Cloud, Minn., and Mrs. John Haberstroh of Livingston, Mont., and four brothers, Lee, Lester, Max and Chadwick. Chadwick Smith is an airmail pilot, carrying mail between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tuesday, August 16, 1927
Page 1
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Whirling Propeller Strikes Minneapolis Girl Posing for Picture.
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Gladys Roy, 23-year-old Minneapolis girl stunt flier who was planning to fly from New York to Rome, was killed at Youngstown, Ohio, Monday afternoon when she stepped into the path of the whirling propeller of her airplane.
Miss Roy, who held world's records for women's parachute jumping, had climbed into her plane at Watson field at the Ohio city to pose for a motion picture with a bathing beauty. The picture was nearly completed when she started the engine of her plane, stepped down from the fuselage and unconsciously walked into the propeller. The plane was motionless on the ground at the
time of the accident. Miss Roy was rushed to a hospital where she died shortly afterward.
Made Leap on Second Ride.
The Minneapolis aviatrix was the wife of Arthur J. Roy, 2309 Chicago avenue, hut used the name of Gladys Roy in her stunt work. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Smith, also living at 2309 Chicago avenue.
Born in Minneapolis in 1904, she attended the public schools of this city and was g aduated (sic) from South high school in 1921. Shortly after her graduation from high school she had her first airplane ride with her brother, Lieutenant Chadwick Smith, at the Robbinsdale airport. On her second trip in the air she crawled out on the wing of the plane and made a parachute jump which decided her career. From that time she became a professional stunt performer.
Hurt at State Fair.
During the state fair last year she leaped from a speeding plane and in the descent her parachute plunged swiftly through an air pocket 100 feet from the ground, causing her to fall heavily on her back and to dislocate her hip.
In July of this year she had announced that she was planning a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Rome.
Surviving are her husband, Arthur J. Roy; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Willstumpf of St. Cloud, Minn., and Mrs. John Haberstroh of Livingston, Mont., and four brothers, Lee, Lester, Max and Chadwick. Chadwick Smith is an airmail pilot, carrying mail between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tuesday, August 16, 1927
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