AUTOMATIC PARACHUTE OPENER
MOSCOW, August 28.
Two hundred experimental jumps have proved the success of an automatic parachute opener invented by two Soviet engineers. The meclxanism, which resembles an alarm clock, opens the envelope after between five and 128 seconds, as desired.
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Southland Times, Issue 23599, 29 August 1938, Page 7
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42AUTOMATIC PARACHUTE OPENER Southland Times, Issue 23599, 29 August 1938, Page 7
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