on the ice in the wake of a speeding airplane” It was known as “Skikjoring,” and the surfer was a “skikjorer.” Not surprisingly, the sport was limited to those few with “grit.” In November of 1925, there seemed no limit to the potential of aviation. Popular Mechanics featured imaginative hard-surface, fully-operational aircraft landing platforms atop giant dirigibles for commercial and military use. By September of 1926, aircraft engineering had progressed from fantasy to realty. Popular Mechanics’ cover illustrated the “Tailless Airplane” which claimed to be “Fool-Proof.” Capt. G.T.R. Hill, of England designed a pusher, tricycle landing-gear, flying wing, which he claimed “eliminated accidents due to errors of judgement on the part of the pilot,” and was “practically stable in any flying altitude.” As it turns out, Capt. Hill got it right. With the advanced technology of all-metal aircraft of the 1920s, long-distance flights like the American Douglas World Cruisers which circumnavigated the world, and exploration of unchartered territory was possible, if not often dangerous. Popular Mechanic’s April 1926 cover illustration of a polar flight depicts the cultural contact between isolated Natives and the industrial world. The succeeding expeditions of Admiral Byrd to the South Pole, the U.S. Navy’s aerial charter of Alaska, and the flights of Capt. George Wilkins and Lieut. Carl Eielson at the North Pole captured the world’s heart and soul. Any loss of life during these attempts was an international sorrow and a set-back for scientific exploration. During May of 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the
most famous aviator in the world when he made a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Elsewhere, the sport of “Balloon Jumping” tempted those who did not wish to leave the earth in an aircraft. Rather, they strapped themselves into a harness attached to a balloon (either filled with helium or hydrogen) and calculated that, with the aid of the filled bag, a “normal jump” could be made of 100 yards at a height of 40 feet. A primary advocate of the sport, Royal Air Force parachutist, “Brainy Dobbs,” was killed when he became entangled in electrical wires, thus illustrating the dangers of balloon jumping, and limiting its popularity thereafter. However, bouncing and jumping for fun did not entirely disappear, albeit a tamer version. In 2019, New York City hosted “Big Bounce America” – advertised as the world’s largest bounce house — “for adults and for kids.”
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