SAFETY OF AIRMEN
DINGHIES FOR AEROPLANES ATTACHED TO PARACHUTES trntled P«*S* AS ar * - ~**r —''nprrlght) LONDON, May 13 Fighters, similarly to bombers, are now being equipped with oneman rubber dinghies, carried deflated in parachute packs. The pilot, on descending by parachute, pulls another cord on reaching the water, releasing the dinghy, with a bottle of carbon-dioxide for inflating.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21421, 15 May 1941, Page 9
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58SAFETY OF AIRMEN Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21421, 15 May 1941, Page 9
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