Heading: (World War I - Aviation)
Author:
Title: Flyin' Frolic, Love Field, Dallas, Tex., Nov. 8-9
Place Published: [Dallas]
Publisher:
Date Published: 1918
Description:

31, [1] pp. Illustrations from photographs, including a fold-out plate. 18x24.4 cm (7x9¾"), color pictorial wrappers, string tied.

Rare program booklet for a U.S. Army Air Service aviation exhibition at the close of the first World War. In November of 1918, as the end of the World War was being negotiated and the end was near, several squadrons of the U.S. Army Air Service which had been preparing for transfer to the Europe, were left disappointed. One such group was those aviators stationed at Love Field in Dallas. These aviators, led by Major Albert L. Sneed, decided to put on the "Flyin' Frolic" exhibition not only to celebrate the end of the conflict in Europe, but to also showcase the skills they had learned in those grueling months, and to promote goodwill between themselves and the people of Dallas. The Frolic's original days were changed to 12-13, in anticipation of the famed 11-11-11 date and time. For two days, Love Field was opened to the public, and people came, both by automobile and a specially hired train, to view feats of aerial acrobatics performed by the aviators. Included were demonstrations of mock bombing runs, dogfights, massive flying formations, and even a record breaking 151 consecutive loops performed by then-Lieutenant William T. Campbell, who stated that the last loop ended with him ''35 feet off the ground, and finished between a house and a tree''. Other activities included cabaret, and casino was set up in several of the nearby aircraft hangers, while live stage performances by a minstrel show took place as well. OCLC locates three copies, at the University of Texas at Austin, UT at Dallas, and Southern Methodist University.

Some wear and creasing at wrapper corners, date 1918 written on front wrapper; very good.