DROP WITH PARACHUTE
WIDOW AT BROOKLANDS FIRST QUALIFYING TEST LONDON", May 4 A tiny white-clad figure dropped from an aeroplane with a parachute above Brooklauds aerodrome to-day and made a perfect landing. It was Mrs. Alington, aged 54, a widow, and the mother of six sons, of whom three are private air pilots. This was the first of three descents to qualify her for lier certificate as a parachutist.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21793, 7 May 1934, Page 9
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69DROP WITH PARACHUTE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21793, 7 May 1934, Page 9
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