INFLATED DINGY
MIRACLE OF COMPRESSION - “The new, inflatable dinghy for R.A.F. pilots who bale out over the sea reduces the hazards and the discomforts considerably. It seems almost a miracle of compression. The dinghy cushion fits on underneath the parachute. ‘The boys in the back room,’ as Lord Beaverbrook calls them, have crowded a rubber dinghy large enough to support a 4001 b. weight; a carbon dioxide flask for inflating it; a small hand bellows; a water anchor which keeps the head of the dinghy to wind, a special baling bucket that compresses into a quarter of an inch, but springs up like a jack-in-the-box the instant the pressure is released; a set of graduated hole stoppers, with which the pilot can plug anything from a pin-prick to a cannon shell; two rubber hand paddles, good for a speed of three knots an hour; and, finally, signal flares, cigarettes, and emergency rations—and all of this, believe it or not—into the dinghy cushion 14in. square by Sin. thick.” — “Sunday Express,” London.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4536, 13 February 1942, Page 3
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170INFLATED DINGY Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4536, 13 February 1942, Page 3
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