I do think they are mistaken on that count, since I have read from several sources it was James Doolittle down there in Argentina doing the handstand and breaking his ankles...I never heard of Spaatz doing that! And Spaatz was no drunken gymnast!
“...I never heard of Spaatz doing that! And Spaatz was no drunken gymnast!” [rlmorel, post 56]
My memory might be at fault. Been a long time since I read any of the histories of the period.
After posting my first comment, I began wondering if the demo pilot was Ira Eaker.
USAAF leaders were a singularly daring bunch. And lucky. The interwar years brought many challenges, technical, bureaucratic, political, and PA-wise.