THRILLS IN THE AIR.
DARING PARAGH UTIST’S CONFESSION. | By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. ■ Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. j LONDON, April 7. | Flight Lieutenant Soden, an ac. j knowledgod expert of the Royal Air ; Force, and a parachutist with scores ' of sensational instructional descents to his credit, in a speech declared: “I I would like everyone clearly to under- ' stand that I am not one of those who | profess to like leaping from para- | chutes. Those who say they revel in | doing so must have a distorted view oF life. Stepping out of an aeroplane with a parachute does more than scare me stiff—it scares me absolutely limp. '■ SPEED RECORD. GERMAN AVIATOR’S FINE PERFORMANCE. By Cable—Press Association— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association* BERLIN, April 7. : A German aviator named Horn, flyi ing in a Junker three-eng ; ned aero, i plane and carrying one thousand kiloI grammes flew 2.'020 kilometres in 870 | minutes —a record.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 9 April 1927, Page 9
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