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LEAPS FROM THE AIR.

VIEWPOINT OF AN EXPERT. "IT SCARES ME LIMP." (Received April 8, 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. April 1. Flight-Lieutenant Soden, who is acknowledged to bo the expert parachutist of tho Royal Air Force, with scores, of sensational instruction descents to his credit, said in a speech: " I would like everyone to clearly understand that I am not one of those who profess to like leaping with parachutes. Those who say they revel in it must have a distorted view of life. , " Stepping from an aeroplane with a parachute in mid-air does more than scare mo stiff—it scares me absolutely limp."

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19608, 9 April 1927, Page 11

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LEAPS FROM THE AIR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19608, 9 April 1927, Page 11

LEAPS FROM THE AIR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19608, 9 April 1927, Page 11