RUBBER CLOTHING SAVES AIRMAN'S LIFE
DROPS ON POISONOUS SNAKE RIO DE JANEIRO. October 2. The rubber clothing «of the famcut« Brazilian airman, Lieutenant Chevalier. saved him from probable death from the fangs of a huge poisonous snake at the end of a 6.000 ft drop in a parachute. Jumping from his plane in an effort to break the parachute jumping record, Lieutenant Chevalier made a safe landing, but alighted on a big snake, which immediately encircled his legs and arms. The airman’s rubber suit saved him from the bites of the reptile until help arrived.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 193, 4 November 1927, Page 7
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95RUBBER CLOTHING SAVES AIRMAN'S LIFE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 193, 4 November 1927, Page 7
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