AIRMAN’S JUMP.
FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH PARACHUTE. {United Press Association—By Eleetrie Tolegraph—Copyright.) (Received March 3, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 1. An Air Foroe pilot owes his life, willynilly to a parachute, which is now a portion of the pilot’s standard equipment. Flight Lieutenant Pope was testing a new secret and extremely fast fighting machine at Yale Aerodrome, when he felt a sudden tail flutter at 1500 feet. The tail then broke adrift, and the machine became uncontrollable, turning upside down. The pilot released his safety belt and fell out. Flight-Lieutenant Pope had not before made a parachute jump, but he pulled the release ring. In the meantime he was only 1000 feet from the earth. He landed with perfect safety, but the machine crashed upside down.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18203, 2 March 1929, Page 17
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