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Exciting Parachute Descent LANDING ON. ISLAND
(By Telegrnph;
Auckland,- Last Night. A paracb'ute descent from a beiglit of. one mile,- wbicb ended in an rrnexpected landing on a small island in tbe Manukau estuary, created considerable exeitement . for a large cro.wd at ■ Mangere aerodrome this afternoon. . '■ -• Mr G. W. Sellars was responsible for several tbrills in staging his descent, but natural forces played tbe firial part and provided an exciting elimax to the event. After his jump from tbe ntacbine, it became evident tbat a sudden' cbange in the strengtb and- direetion of tbe wind would prevent the paracbutist from making tbe landing-ground. Mr Sellars eventually landed iu tbe scrub on Wairoa Island,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 38, 8 November 1937, Page 6
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