DEATH DEFIED
DAREDEVILS PRACTISE TERRIFYING STUNT PARACHUTE NOVELTIES United F..1.—8j Telegraph Copyright Reed. 9.5 a m. LONDON. Sunday. in preparation for sensational featthere are now practising aerial acrebats who are described as “Death Divers.” They are parachutists of exceptional skill and iron nerve, who. after a leap from an airplane, fall thousand > of feet before pnlling the cord. It is believed a drop of more than 5,000 ft is possible. These iron nerved experts will shortly achieve the .distinction of falling a mile. Even when rushing pell-mell toward earth, perhaps turning slow somersaults, the skilled parachutists retain full command of their faculties, and some of them, in order to estimate exactly when to release the cord, wear wrist-watches, and in the process of falling, keep their eyes on the second-hand, by which they judge when to check their fall.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 963, 5 May 1930, Page 9
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139DEATH DEFIED Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 963, 5 May 1930, Page 9
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