THRILLING DESCENT
«®V PARACHUTIST’S LUCK. (Australia ii Press Association) [Received this day at 9.25. a.rn.) SYDNEY. April 2. A thrilling parachute (Ic.sccnl. was witnessed at Penrith speedway. Bruce Shipway, an aero pilot, leapt Imm a plane at a height of 3,100 feet. lie fell 2,000 feet before be was able U. mu Ice the parachute- open. The release appliances broke off during the fa'll and and Shipway had to unfasten the pant chute himself. He eventually came safely to ground in the bed of a ereftk, stampeding a lu-rd'ml cattle in the vicinity.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1929, Page 6
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93THRILLING DESCENT Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1929, Page 6
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