A series of photographs from “The Weekly Press” of November 7, 1899. They show that Captain Lorraine’s efforts to close and recover his parachute were not without some success at first. In the second picture the parachute is much less open than in the first. Had there been no wind he might have got it up; then by tying it to the balloon ropes, and by making a longer initial jump than usual, he might have descended safely.
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Press, 17 July 1980, Page 15
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78A series of photographs from “The Weekly Press” of November 7, 1899. They show that Captain Lorraine’s efforts to close and recover his parachute were not without some success at first. In the second picture the parachute is much less open than in the first. Had there been no wind he might have got it up; then by tying it to the balloon ropes, and by making a longer initial jump than usual, he might have descended safely. Press, 17 July 1980, Page 15
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