The observation officer who ascends in a stationary balloon is, oi course, an easy target, and, in case of being hit, has only one means of escape, and that by parachute. For this purpose he wears the corset here shown, by means of which he is attached to the parachute and so descends to earth. — Newspaper 111., Ltd.
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Free Lance, Volume XVI, Issue 866, 9 February 1917, Page 25
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58The observation officer who ascends in a stationary balloon is, oi course, an easy target, and, in case of being hit, has only one means of escape, and that by parachute. For this purpose he wears the corset here shown, by means of which he is attached to the parachute and so descends to earth. —Newspaper 111., Ltd. Free Lance, Volume XVI, Issue 866, 9 February 1917, Page 25
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