PARACHUTE THRILL
SELLARS IH DANGER TANGLE IN PLANE'S TAIL AVERTED [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Juno 24. A misadventure that might well have had a fatal result added thrills to the parachute jumps made by Sellars at the Canterbury Aero Club’s field day, held at Wigram. Sellars had stepped out •on to the wing ready to make his jump when, to his horror, he saw that the pilot chute, which draws out the main parachute, was issuing from the pack and streaming behind in the slip stream. Realising the danger of the parachute becoming tangled in the tail of the aeroplane, Sellars quickly jumped, and was fortunate enough to fall clear and descend safely.
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Evening Star, Issue 22683, 24 June 1937, Page 10
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114PARACHUTE THRILL Evening Star, Issue 22683, 24 June 1937, Page 10
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