JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.—“Balloon jumping,” recently boosted in England as a new popular sport, suffered a severe setback when Leading Aircraftsman Dobbs, after a series of trial jumps, struck a live wire and was electrocuted. Photograph shows the ill - fated experimenter “in flight.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 32, 30 April 1927, Page 12
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43JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.—“Balloon jumping,” recently boosted in England as a new popular sport, suffered a severe setback when Leading Aircraftsman Dobbs, after a series of trial jumps, struck a live wire and was electrocuted. Photograph shows the ill – fated experimenter “in flight.” Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 32, 30 April 1927, Page 12
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