TRIPLE PARACHUTES
FATAL THIRD PAILS TO OPEN | (Received 22nd September, '1 p.m,) \ BKUSSELS, 21st September, j For the purpose of demonstrating the use of three parachutes, a parachutist j jumped from an. aeroplane at a Height of 3000 feet at an aviation display, j Dropping a few hundred feet, he re-] leased the first. He .released the sec- j ond when at 1000 feet. He'tried then to j release the third, but it did not open,! and he fell like a stone. His body ■was buried in the ground in front of the onlookers. A mail 'plane from Amsterdam, landing simultaneously, nearly capsized, a wheel striking the body.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 72, 22 September 1930, Page 9
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108TRIPLE PARACHUTES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 72, 22 September 1930, Page 9
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