BALLOON JUMPING
NOVEL AERIAL SPORT. CROSS-COUNTRY RACES PROPOSED. (Pros* Atwoclafctoc— By Telegraph^Oopyright.) LONDON, January 11. A novel aerial sport called balloon jumping is expected shortly to be introduced in Britain. It is already popular in America (says the Evening News). A balloon filled with gas, fifteen feet in diameter, is attached to the shoulders of a man whose weight is regulated by ballast, until the balloon supports the whole weight, except 41b. Thus a man has only to lift 41b, resulting in the energy normally used in jumping 2ft high over 6ft, enabling a man to jump 40ft high over 100yds. A jumper, assisted by a high wind, would be able to progress across country in gigantic quarter-mile leaps. Raynham, an air pioneer, and Squadron Leader Wright are hopeful of organising balloon jumping cross-country races. Sydney Sun Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19996, 13 January 1927, Page 9
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