IN THE AIR
’CHUTE DROP BROADCAST. Buddy Bushmeyer, a parachute expert, leaped from a ’plane at ah altitude of 10,000 feet in Now York and described to a large radio audience his sensations as he descended. He wore a 241 b transmitter attached to his chest and a microphone attached to a band round his head. His broadcast was picked up by a short wave receiver and sent out on a nationwide network.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 227, 24 August 1929, Page 5
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73IN THE AIR Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 227, 24 August 1929, Page 5
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