Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1919 — THIS BIRD DOESN’T NEED A PATENT ON THIS STUNT. [ARTICLE]

THIS BIRD DOESN’T NEED A PATENT ON THIS STUNT.

The daredevil airman, Lieut. Ormer L. Lecklear, who figures there isn’t enough thrill in ordinary flying, proceeded yesterday to give near heart failure to thousands on Michigan avenue, who watched his stunts in the air. >. ~ , .[■£-< : • The crowd had expected thrills, but they didn’t expect to see Lecklear leap from one plane in flight to another speeding plane. This is the great stunt of Lecklear. • The throngs saw two planes leave the hangars in Grant Park. They rose to a slight distance, where the maneuvers of those in the planes were easily visible to the spectators. From one plane there hung ® rope ladder. Slowly one of the planes took a position slightly above the other. As the planes made a wide sweep Lecklear was seen to stand up in the pit of his machine and leap into the air, his own plane continuing on its flight. As he leaped he made a clutch at the suspended rope ladder of the other plane. A great cheer rose from the crowd as his grip held. They saw him climb slowly up the rope and clamber on the plane like a fly. After maneuvering about the wings, Lecklear got into the plane and a short time afterward descended.