CONSCIOUS WHILE FALLING.
AIRMEN’S 2000 FT. TEST DROP
NEW YORK, April 16
Sergeant R. L, Rose and Corporal Arthur Bergo, at Mitchell Field, Long Island, jumped from an aeroplane 3000 feet up. They dropped 2000 feet before opening their parachutes, and both c-ame clown safely.
Theip object was to demonstrate that a person dropping from a great height does not necessarily lose consciousness.—Central News.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 May 1925, Page 5
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64CONSCIOUS WHILE FALLING. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 May 1925, Page 5
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