DESCENT IN PARACHUTE
DROP OF TWO THOUSAND FEET. , DARING AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN. (Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY. May 27. (Received May 27, at 11.50 p.m.) Flying-Officers Wackett and Angenson successfully descended hy parachute from an aeroplane at a height of 2000 ft at Richmond. This is the first time in Australia that a parachute descent hm ’■ '< made from an aeroplane.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19801, 28 May 1926, Page 9
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59DESCENT IN PARACHUTE Otago Daily Times, Issue 19801, 28 May 1926, Page 9
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