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Noblesville Boy Doing Acrobatic Stunts On An Airplane

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Noblesville Boy Doing Acrobatic Stunts On An Airplane
The Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Tuesday, July 05, 1921:

"Mr. and Mrs. Claude Burgess of this city have received word from the former's brother, Earl Burgess, who is now in Tennessee with an airplane. The young man sent a paper which containing the following: On Wednesday, July 6th, the Irwin flyers will do a number of stunts for the benefit of the public. Earl Burgess a famous aerial acrobat will perform many astonishing and hair raising stunts. He will hang to a rope suspended from an airplane by his teeth with the plane going at eighty miles an hour. This is only one of the many things which this young flyer will do." The newspaper also carried a picture of Burgess and Irwin with their airplane. Both young men are well known here. this city being the home of Burgess."
Date & Place: in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana United States
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Charles Earl Burgess
Charles Earl Burgess was born onJuly 8, 1895 in Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, USA to parents Joseph Burgess (1858-1909) and Elizabeth "Lizzy" Heaton (1861-1903). He had siblings Claud Heaton Burgess (1882-1949), Nellie Marie Geiger (1885-1961), Orville Johnson Burgess (1887-1961), Harry J. Burgess (1890-1973), and Elmer Alden Burgess (1897-1914). He lost both parents at a young age and stayed with his older brother and his family until he reached maturity. Charles was drafted and served in the US Army as a flyer during WWI. He served from October 4, 1917 until his discharge on April 4, 1919. When Charles returned from the war, he worked as a stunt flyer, "wing-walker",and daredevil aerialist primarily in TN and MS. Charles was also employed at the Strawboard Corp., in Noblesville, Indiana and later worked at and retired from the Mead Corp where he worked in Nashville, Tenn.
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