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	The House of the Devil: Angel Falls & Jimmie Angel
		Angel believed that it was the home of a lost river of gold that he claimed to have been taken to years before by a mining geologist named McCracken.
		At first, Angel's Auyan-tepui landing appeared to be perfect, but the wheels broke through the sod and sank into the mud bringing the airplane to an abrupt halt with a broken fuel line and the airplane's nose buried in the mud.
		Angel had expected pilots to come to their assistance, but the search was delayed due to loss of radio contact with Cardona.
	www.angel-ecotours.com /k_jimmie_anglfls.html (1250 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jimmie Angel
		Angel was one of the first foreigners to see the falls, in 1933.
		Karen Angel is the niece of Jimmie Angel and President of the Jimmie Angel Historical Project (JAHP).
		Angel believed that it was the home of a lost river of gold that he claimed to have been taken to years before by a mining geologist named McCracken.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jimmie-Angel (594 words)

	Jimmie Angel - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Jimmie Angel found Angel Falls by this plane.
		Jimmie Angel was born in 1899 and died in 1956.
		He was an American aviator who first saw the Angel Falls in Venezuela in 1933.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Jimmie_Angel (109 words)

	Jimmie Angel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Angel was one of the first foreigners to see the falls, in 1933.
		It is known that Jimmie Angel always used to have something to drink in the cockpit (mainly beer and other alcoholic beverages) while he was flying.
		The creation of the artificial horizon is to some extent related to him since through his glass or bottle of beer he was able to determine the pitch and roll of the aircraft as he was flying in in harsh metereological conditions.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Jimmie_Angel (237 words)

	The James Crawford "Jimmie" Angel Page of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register Website
		Jimmie Angel landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield on April 10, 1930.
		The text of the lecture, given in support of her Jimmie Angel Historical Project, and including an image of Jimmie's family and his Flamingo aircraft, is available to read here.
		Jimmie Angel died on December 8, 1956 in the Panama Canal Zone.
	www.dmairfield.com /people/angel_ji/index.html (639 words)

	Venezuela Travel >> Venezuela Voyage
		Jimmie did as he was told, eventually landing his plane on top of one of the 'tepuys' ('mountains' in the local Pemon Indian tongue).
		On a flight in 1937, Angel attempted to land on the surface of Auyan Tepuy, a mountain the size of Menorca.
		Angel's altimeter was off by a few thousand feet, but the falls still weighed in at a colossal 979 m (3,211 ft), with an uninterrupted drop of 807 m (2,647 ft) — undeniably the tallest waterfall in the world.
	www.venezuelavoyage.com /angel.htm (2122 words)

	About Angel Falls
		Angel Falls has an upper section where it emerges briefly from the slot canyon, plunges 100 feet or so and then goes into a cave or a crevice and emerges again below about 150 feet or so to take the long drop.
		Then United States pilot Jimmie Angel was flying over the area in 1935 when he landed on the top of a lone mountain in search of gold.
		Angel Falls plunges from the top of a mesa, or what the natives call a Tepuyi.
	www.canyonsworldwide.com /tepui/angelfalls.html (629 words)

	Jimmie Angel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Angel was one of the first foreigners to see the falls, in 1933.
		It is known that Jimmie Angel always used to have something to drink in the cockpit (mainly beer and other alcoholic beverages) while he was flying.
		The creation of the artificial horizon is to some extent related to him since through his glass or bottle of beer he was able to determine the pitch and roll of the aircraft as he was flying in in harsh metereological conditions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmie_Angel (233 words)

	Story of Jimmy Angel
		Jimmy acquiesced and told of his work with Charles Lindbergh, when he jumped in parachute from his plane in Lincoln, Nebraska, a few years before.
		In 1937, Jimmy got married and with his wife Marie Sanders and Joe Meacham, owner of a night club in Arizona (again !), landed the Flamingo “Rio Caroni”, forever on the top of the Auyantepuy, the plane got stuck in the marshy top.
		Jimmy Angel died in Gorgas Hospital in Panama on December 8, 1956, following a landing accident in David, Panama.
	www.newfrontiersadventures.com /expe/txtjim.html (677 words)

	:: The Lost World:: Travel and information on the Gran Sabana, Canaima National Park, Venezuela
		Auyan, the largest of the unique mesas of the ancient Guayana Shield, rises 2,510 metres (8,233 ft) at the north-eastern edge of Canaima National Park, the jewel in Venezuela's already shining crown of national parks.
		Perhaps it would be more poetic if the name Angel Falls derived from a miraculous saintly figure who once appeared to an Indian, or echoed the shape of their white plume cascading down from the Heavens.
		Angel's altimeter was off by a few thousand feet, but the falls still weighed in at a colossal 979 m (3,211 ft), with an uninterrupted drop of 807 m (2,647 ft) — without doubt the tallest waterfall in the world.
	www.thelostworld.org /angel.htm (2061 words)

	Angel Conservation - Karen Angel
		Karen Angel (left with her two Pemón cousins) is a resident of Arcata, California and is the Founder and President of the Board of Directors of the Jimmie Angel Historical Project.
		Jimmie Angel (1899-1956) was an American aviator-explorer after whom Angel Falls, the world’s highest waterfall, was named.
		Karen, through Angel Conservation and JAHP wants to educate the world about her uncle, his adventures, and discoveries with an emphasis on his period of exploration of Venezuela.
	www.angelconservation.org /angel.html (263 words)

	Jimmie Angel - Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		James Crawford Angel Marshall (born Springfield, Missouri, USA, August 1, 1899 – December 8, 1956) was an American aviator after whom Angel Falls in Venezuela were named.
		Angel was one of the first foreigners to see the falls, in 1933.
		It is known that Jimmie Angel always used to have something to drink in the cockpit (mainly beer and other alcoholic beverages) while he was flying.
	jimmie-angel.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Jimmie_Angel (589 words)

	Blockbuster Online - Person Detail Information Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Jimmie refuses to take a plea and he is sentenced to six years in the slammer.
		When Angel (David Boreanaz) learns that Trevor Lockley (John Mahon), the father of Det. Kate Lockley (Elisabeth Rohm), is involved in a demon drug ring, it brings back painful memories of his troubled relationship with his own father and his transformation into a vampire.
		Kate reluctantly teams with Angel to investigate, but she's unprepared for the revelation that her dad, a retired cop, is in leagues with the dope-pushers.
	www.blockbuster.com /catalog/personDetails/9363 (941 words)

	Angel Falls - About (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Angel Falls is located in the Guayana highlands, one of five topographical regions of Venezuela.
		Jimmy Angel and his three comapnions managed to descend the tepui and make their way back to civilization in 11 days.
		Jimmy Angel's plane sits in the Aviation Museum in Maracay; the one you may be able to glimpse on top of the tepui is a replica.
	www.ladatco.com /ANGL-ABT.htm (324 words)

	Angel Falls at AllExperts
		Angel Falls or Salto Ãngel is the world's highest free-leaping waterfall at 979 metres (3,212 feet) with an uninterrupted drop of 807 metres (2,648 feet).
		Jimmy Angel and his three companions managed to descend the tepui and make their way back to civilization in 11 days.
		Jimmy Angel's plane sits in the Aviation Museum in Maracay; the one you may be able to glimpse on top of the tepui is a replica.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/an/angel_falls.htm (479 words)

	The Living Edens "TEPUIS" Behind The Scenes, The film story and history of explorations page 9 of 13
		Jimmie persuaded two friends, Gustavo Heny and Felix Cardona, to make an expedition in advance, on foot, to examine a break in Auyantepui's cliffs to see if it might serve as an escape route from the rocky plateau, just in case anything should happen to the plane.
		Jimmie made searched several areas on the 150 square mile summit to look for a possible landing area, and finally found what he was looking for: a more or less level grassy area not far from his famous waterfall.
		Angel's party spent two days trying to salvage the plane, but it was clear that they would have to make their escape on foot.
	www.lastrefuge.co.uk /data/articles/tepuis/Tepuis_story_page9.html (467 words)

	Canoe, Hunt, Fish, and Fly, by Otter: February 2005
		Angel answered that he was, the two men negotiated, and Angel was paid $5000, and he purchased a used airplane, an open-cockpit, two-seat, war-surplus, Bristol Fighter.
		Jimmie Angel was born in Springfield, Missouri, in 1899.
		Jimmie's Ryan Flamingo was salvaged from the crash-site 33 years later, and today sits restored at the Ciudad Bolivar airport, after being declared a National Monument by the Venezuelan government.
	flythebush.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_flythebush_archive.html (12515 words)

	GHEKO FILMS
		And that is where Jimmie Angel enters the story, hired by McCraken to fly him to the treasure mountain, land on top of it and in return receive a fee and a cut of the treasure for himself.
		Eleven years are to pass before Jimmie Angel and John McCraken meet again by chance on a train, during which time Angel's passion for flying and for hazardous new ventures has grown.
		With financial assistance from well-wishing fellow explorers and pilots Jimmie Angel, in the company of his second wife Mary, a famous Spanish pilot and two Venezuelan climbers, land on the mountain he (wrongly) believes to be the one concealing McCraken's treasure.
	www.egeda.es /gheko/proy_icaro_sinopsis.asp (767 words)

	"Canoe, Hunt, Fish, and Fly," ... by Otterflogger - January 2006
		Angel answered that he was, the two men negotiated, and Angel was paid $5000, and he purchased a used airplane, an open-cockpit, two-seat, war-surplus, Bristol Fighter.
		Jimmie Angel was born in Springfield, Missouri, in 1899.
		Jimmie's Ryan Flamingo was salvaged from the crash-site 33 years later, and today sits restored at the Ciudad Bolivar airport, after being declared a National Monument by the Venezuelan government.
	blogs.aviation.ca /index.php/steve.php/2006/01 (11787 words)

	~ Angel Falls ~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		James Crawford Angel was born in Springfield, Missouri in 1899.
		Angel's plane was removed in sections by Air Force helicopters and taken to the Aviation Museum in Maracay to be restored.
		Jimmy Angels' Niece, Karen Angel; is President of the Jimmie Angel Historical Project (JAHP), at Angel Falls.
	mothernature1966.tripod.com /menagerie/id17.html (608 words)

	The Living Edens "TEPUIS" Behind The Scenes, The film story and history of explorations page 8 of 13
		Jimmie Angel estimated the waterfall to be a mile high; it dwarfed his tiny plane.
		Jimmie had been trying to find a remote mountain top where, some years earlier, he claimed that, in the company of a gold prospector who knew that part of the country well, he had landed and they had filled sacks with gold nuggets.
		Jimmie Angel became famous for his discovery, although Venezuelans claim that they found the waterfall before him.
	www.lastrefuge.co.uk /data/articles/tepuis/Tepuis_story_page8.html (591 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Jimmie
		Jimmie Wallet is buried alive: one day last January, this man went to the store for ice cream.
		Keeping his distance; Jimmie Hall was a sweet-swinging outfielder, one of the Twins' early heroes.
		Jimmie back on job as a Marion deputy: He resigns in Rivesville after stalking charge.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Jimmie&StartAt=11 (662 words)

	Angel Falls \| Highest Waterfall
		Then United States pilot Jimmie Angel was flying over the area in 1935 when he landed on the top of a lone mountain in search of gold.
		Angel Falls plunges from the top of a mesa, or what the natives call a Tepuyi.
		Named "Auyantepui", the Angel Falls mesa is one of over a hundred of its kind which are scattered about the Guiana Highlands of southeast Venezuela.
	www.extremescience.com /Hfallspage.htm (269 words)

	Angel Falls Venezuela - 50 Places of life time - All Travel & Tourism
		Angel Falls in the heart of Venezuela is the world’s highest waterfall, nearly one thousand metres high, surrounded by breathtaking flat top mountains.
		It is not named after heavenly beings, but after American bush pilot, Jimmie Angel who went in search of gold, but in fact discovered the waterfall.
		Jimmie Angel believed that Auyantepui was the home of a lost river of gold, and took his four seater plane up to search for it in 1937.
	www.alltraveltourism.com /50-places-of-life-time/angel-falls-venezuela.htm (248 words)

	EXPLORER \| ANGEL FALLS; In Venezuela, A Forest of Islands - New York Times
		But the best part is yet to come: Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall at 3,212 feet (almost 20 times the height of Niagara Falls), named in honor of Jimmie Angel, the Missouri-born bush pilot who crash-landed his turboprop nearby in an ill-fated search for gold in the 1930's.
		Though the Pemón Indians were surely among the first to contemplate the waterfall, the name Angel Falls stuck after word of the arduous 11-day trek of Angel's traveling party reached the outside world.
		Angel Falls, in the heart of Canaima National Park, a protected reserve about the size of Belgium, may top them all.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9D07E3D91530F937A25752C0A9619C8B63 (766 words)

	Travel Mail \| Falling for an angel in Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Angel Falls wasn't named for the poetry of its tumbling waters, but after a maverick bush pilot called Jimmie Angel, a Canadian Air Force pilot of the First World War with a penchant for red-heads and a passion for gold.
		In 1921, Jimmie was contracted to fly to one of the Guyana Shield's many mountains, called 'tepuys' by the Pemon people.
		On a flight in 1937, Angel attempted to land on the surface of the Auyan mountain.
	www.thisistravel.co.uk /travel/longhaul/article.html?in_article_id=34956 (864 words)

	SMH - Travel
		However, in recent years - presumably as a consequence of global warming and changed weather patterns - the river is bloated enough to allow canoes to roar up to the falls for all but a couple of weeks in February.
		The first Westerner to witness the falls, in 1937, was Jimmie Angel (1899-1956), an American adventurer, aviator and gold prospector who landed on the table-top mountain above the falls that bear his name.
		Angel's plane was salvaged a few years ago and stands at the airport of Ciudad Bolivar, the nearest sizable town, as a monument to a maverick soul.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/10/04/1033538769384.html (2163 words)

	Angel Falls - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		Travelers typically launch their Angel Falls journey in the village of Canaima, which is situated about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the falls.
		Although this type of tour is less adventurous than the boating one, the majority of travelers who have done both believe that a flight gives you the best perspective and the most spectacular views of Angel Falls.
		I recommend coming during the heart of the rainy season (June to October) when Angel Falls is in its full strength and glory.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /angel_falls/angel_falls.htm (402 words)

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		Jimmy Angel landed on the top of the tepuy.
		Jimmy Angel was a barnstorming bush pilot from Missouri, USA.
		Jimmy Angel and his companions managed to descend the tepui and make their way back to civilization in 11 days.
	interzone.com /~cheung/World/VZ/VZ.html (1355 words)

	Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Angel Falls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Angel Falls or Salto Ángel is the world’s highest free-leaping waterfall at 979 metres (3,230 feet) with an uninterrupted drop of 807 metres (2,648 feet).
		Angel’s Falamingo monoplane settled down into the marshy ground atop Auyan-tepui and remained there for 33 years before being lifted out by a helicopter.
		Angel Falls is located in the wilderness of Venezuela, and a trip to the falls is not a simple affair.
	random.dragonslife.org /angel-falls/4478 (467 words)

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