Clements Joseph Sohn (December 7, 1910 – April 25, 1937) was an American airshow daredevil in the 1930s from Fowler, Michigan, USA. [1][2][3] He perfected a way of gliding through the air with a home-made wingsuit.

Jul 27, 2017 · 1929 – Clem Sohn began helping Lansing pilot Art Davis with “aeronautical chores.” 1930 – Sohn graduated from Eastern High School and, that same year, made his first parachute jump from an ...

In the 1930s and 1940s, Clem Sohn and Charles Frank Zmuda thrilled audiences worldwide by jumping from a plane and soaring with bat-like wings. Both men flew as part of Lansing’s Art Davis Air Show and travelled extensively performing their daredevil soaring.

Clements J. Sohn, known as the "original bat-wing jumper" was killed April 25, 1937 at the age of 26 years. Fifty years later, on Saturday, April 25, 1987, Clements J. Sohn, "BatMan" will be "REMEMBERED".

Clements Joseph Sohn (December 7, 1910 – April 25, 1937) was an airshow dare-devil in the 1930s from Fowler, Michigan, USA. Working with Art Davis and his “Flying Circus”, he perfected a way of gliding through the air with a home-made wingsuit.

Sep 10, 2023 · When Clem Sohn met his end at a Paris air show in 1937, flailing desperately as he plunged to earth with a pair of defective parachutes, his death was considered tragic but …

Jun 4, 2014 · On February 27, 1935, a 24-year-old daredevil named Clem Sohn stood in a plane 12,000 feet above Daytona Beach. He had affixed a harness to his core, one that connected a metal bar across...

Jan 3, 2022 · Whether you want to call him 'Bat Man' or 'Birdman' – Charles “Clem” Joseph Sohn was a universal daredevil, born in Fowler, Clinton County, Michigan in 1910. He created his own wing suit that allowed him to glide through the air after jumping out of …

While a hundred thousand spectators at Vincennes annual air circus watched, first In admiration and then in horror, Clem Sohn, 26-yearold American parachute jumper, swooped and glided...

Clement Joseph Sohn, dit Clem Sohn (Lansing, 7 décembre 1910 – Vincennes, 25 avril 1937), est un parachutiste acrobatique des années 1930. Spécialiste de la chute libre, il met au point un procédé pour planer dans les airs avec une combinaison de sa fabrication.