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  • n  an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
  • n  a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting

  • But like many another early barnstormer and stunter, he took to the fleshpots on earth as an offset to his work in the air.
  • A onetime barnstormer, Lockheed began designing planes in 1911.
  • The offer from the Soviet barnstormers is for the well heeled, not the fainthearted.
News & Articles

  • Bill Hand: Barnstorming, ‘Wild Bill’ Heth and Bayard Wootten
    Barnstormer Eugene Heth is pictured with his Wright Brothers Model B airplane. The picture was taken in August 1914 in Pittsburgh, three months after his New Bern visit.
    June 9, 2013 - New Bern Sun Journal
  • Iowa comes Barnstorming back to beat Gladiators
    The Cleveland Gladiators (2-9) took a three-point lead with 46 seconds left in the game before the Iowa Barnstormers (5-7) scored with 13 seconds remaining to take a 37-33 win Friday night at Quicken
    June 8, 2013 - 19 Action News Cleveland
  • Gladiators suffer 4th straight loss
    The Cleveland Gladiators (2-9) took a three-point lead with 46 seconds left in the game before the Iowa Barnstormers (5-7) scored with 13 seconds remaining  to take a 37-33 win Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena.
    June 8, 2013 - News Channel 5 Cleveland
Quotes

  • George McGovern in Telegraph.co.uk
    I think he's coming around fine,Senator McGovern said when I asked him about Bill. "We're never 100 per cent united. We're a pretty ornery party. He gave a barnstormer of a speech tonight."

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