RPCORD PARACHUTE DESCENT. —Mr G. W. Sellars made a parachute descent from an aeroplane flying at a height of 9800 ft over Wigram aerodrome yesterday. The altitude is 2000 ft above Mr Sellar/ previous New Zealand record. The oj row,* v photogra s phs show fhe parac hutist at Wigram and his landing in a ploughed paddock near the aerodrome. L 1
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22390, 2 May 1938, Page 14
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62RPCORD PARACHUTE DESCENT.—Mr G. W. Sellars made a parachute descent from an aeroplane flying at a height of 9800 ft over Wigram aerodrome yesterday. The altitude is 2000 ft above Mr Sellar/ previous New Zealand record. The oj row,* vphotograsphs show fhe parachutist at Wigram and his landing in a ploughed paddock near the aerodrome. L 1 Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22390, 2 May 1938, Page 14
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