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AUSTRALIA’S YOUNGEST PARACHUTIST United Press Association—By Electrto Telegraph —Copyright (Received November 21, 11.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE. November 21. In addition to being Australia’s youngest girl pilot, Jean Burns, aged 17, to-day achieved the distinction of being the first woman parachutist. She successfully descended 32C0 feet, near Essendon aerodrome, after going up in a Moth aeroplane, having received parachute instructions from Felix Muller. the well-known parachutist.
Jean Bums began flying with the Victorian Aero Club on her 17th birthday and qualified for a licence in three months.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20891, 22 November 1937, Page 10
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