AIRMEN AND PARACHUTES.
■v ; TEStoWfJFFELJGWER. '; Sydney Sun' Special Cables. ''■•'■* (Received Sept;l7j 8:30 a.m. . , ,Pte, Sept;; 16. ~ p" Experiments are proceeding at the Tower to test the ; efficacy of | parachute/designed to enable airmen to descend safely in case of* accident. Two parachutes were carried, one being attached to the airmail, the other to the aeroplane. A model, with a bag of sand representing an airman, descended i imfely.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 September 1913, Page 5
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67AIRMEN AND PARACHUTES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 September 1913, Page 5
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