NEW SAFETY FLARE
Soon, it is imported, many trawlers will carry a new type of distress signal, the Schermuly parachute. This consists of an outer case containing a parachute, to which is affixed by steel wires a powerful flare. To work the signal, a pin is pulled out and the whole equipment thrown overboard. In forty-five seconds the flare ignites, and with its parachute attached shoots skyward a thousand feet, the parachute preventing the flare from falling while it burns for almost a minute. This long and high burning gives a distress signal which has a better chance of being seen than an ordinary rocket which burns only for a few seconds. Indeed, it is claimed that the parachute flare has a light of 150,000 candle-power, and can be seen for fifty miles around.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19470117.2.36
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 74, 17 January 1947, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
134NEW SAFETY FLARE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 74, 17 January 1947, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in