FIFTY YEARS AGO
PARACHUTE JUMP MADE & A large gathering of people as* sembled at Potter's Paddock 50 years ago to watch a parachute descent by a visiting balloonist, Professor Ba win, one of the first men ever to niaKfl a descent by this means. The following account is from the New Zeala. Herald of February 4, 1889: '* Professor Baldwin took up _ 1 position on the trapeze bar, uc hung from the balloon. The word then given to ' let go!' and the a rose gracefully and gradually* j . anci higher it rose. Professor Ba ty being clearly visible. Suddenly he dropped away and shot siwl ) . wards for a few seconds, followed J the parachute in a co, . ap T exdition. Then that ugly-looking bag - parided into a huge parachute, and professor, seated on the bar he had ascended, fell with the - ease of a bird toward the S r °" nd var( js professor -alighted easily « wa3 eastward of where he ™ se - . an d a great rush to where he fW ea those he was warmly congratulai *h«fmeanwho could approach him. In Jjg. time, the band in Potter sP. g ero playing "See the Conqut. » 0 Comes," and the crowds ground cheering enthusiastically.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23263, 4 February 1939, Page 12
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201FIFTY YEARS AGO New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23263, 4 February 1939, Page 12
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