FALL IN SPACE
OPENED PARCHUTE AT 144 MILES AN H.OURI Rec. May 25, 7.10 p.m. London, May 25. Giving his impressions of his record jump later, Tranum said: "I fell nicely through a hole in the clouds, tumbling head over he.els, hut my brain worked clearly. After tumbling miles, I straightened into a beautiful dive with my body at an angle of 45 degrees, but mists clouded my goggles. "I began to fall at the rate of 144 miles an hour. I pulled the rip cords when my stop watch sh'owed the falling rate at 144 miles an hour. The effect was a terrible shock, hard to describe. I felt as though my body was leaving my head behind in the clouds, when it suiddenly popped back and I floated tranquilly, and hit the grass at the rate of about 30 miles an hour.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 541, 26 May 1933, Page 5
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144FALL IN SPACE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 541, 26 May 1933, Page 5
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