PARACHUTIST KILLED
DEMONSTRATION IN BRUSSELS. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright) ' Brussels, September 21. For the purpose of demonstrating the use of three parachutes, a parachutist jumped from an aeroplane at 3000 ft at an,, aviation display. He dropped a few hundred, feet and released the first, and a little while after released the second. ‘JVhen fit 1000 ft he released the third, which did not open, and he fell like a stone, his body being buried in the ground in front of the onlookers. i A mail plane from Amsterdam, landing simultaneously nearby, capsized, a wheel striking the body,
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Southland Times, Issue 21195, 23 September 1930, Page 7
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98PARACHUTIST KILLED Southland Times, Issue 21195, 23 September 1930, Page 7
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