LEAP FROM PLANE
PARACHUTIST'S THRILLING DESCENT
RELEASE FAILS TO WORK
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
(Received April 2, at 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 2
A thrilling parachute descent was witnessed at Penrith Speedway. Bruce Shipway, an aero pilot, leapt irom his plane at a height of d,4001t. He icll 2,000 ft before ho was able fo make the parachute open. The release of the appliance broke off during the fall, and Shipway had to unlasten the parachute himself. He eventually came safely to ground in the bed of a creek, .stampeding a herd of cattle which was grazing in the vicinity.
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Evening Star, Issue 20139, 2 April 1929, Page 8
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99LEAP FROM PLANE Evening Star, Issue 20139, 2 April 1929, Page 8
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