Monday, April 26, 2021

Mabel Cody, the niece of Buffalo Bill Cody, performed her aerial stunt show at fairs and for events organized by real estate developers to attract potential land and homebuyers to Coral Gables.

and the speed demon in the car? Sig Haugdahl, who I posted about nearly a decade ago https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/some-cars-set-speed-records-but-werent.html

The Mabel Cody Flying Circus did a number of stunts including night flying, wing walking, auto to plane transfers both with and without the use of ladders, single and double parachute drops, wingwalking while the plane looped and changing planes without the use of a ladder.

Mabel Cody, the niece of Buffalo Bill Cody, organized and promoted a Flying Circus even though she wasn't a pilot. The flying circus performed at fairs as well as for events organized by real estate developers to attract potential land and home buyers to Coral Gables.

A few years after these photos were taken Mabel fell 50 feet while performing an auto to plane transfer stunt, suffering injuries the circus disbanded shortly after the accident. Mabel went on to join the Doug Davis Baby Ruth Flying Circus after she recovered.

https://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2021/04/gentleman-racer-sig-haugdahl.html

https://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2018/07/mabel-codys-flying-circus.html

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