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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
A. Christman
Barnstormer, stunt pilot, and airport manager, Upside-Down Jim Christman began his colorful flying career in New Mexico in 1923.
His cross-country barnstorming in his OX-5 powered American Eagle brought him to Pennsylvania where he managed the Allentown-Bethlehem airport from 1932 to 1937. He took over management of the Muscatine Iowa Airport in the spring of 1937 and returned to stunt flying and a form of barnstorming.
He crashed to his death putting on an air show at Cedar Rapids, Iowa in October 1937.
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