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 PARACHUTING FROM AN AIRPLANE), WOMAN'S LATEST SPORT 



Central News 



Descent by parachute from the old-fashioned hot-air balloon used to inspire awesome 

 " \hs!" from the assembled thousands at county fairs and on circus grounds, but floating to 

 earth alter "cutting loose" from a gently swaying bag provided a far less exciting sensation 

 than the sudden drop from a swift-flying airplane, such as this daring aviatrix is experienc- 

 ing. The parachute of modern, aviation is the aerial navigator's life-belt. When the great 

 British dirigible R-34 made its epochal transatlantic flight a few weeks ago, every officer and 

 member of the crew was provided with one of these emergency devices, and by this means 

 one of the officers descended from a height of 2.000 feet to superintend the anchoring of the 

 craft at Mineola, Long Island. It is not improbable that the airship inspection service of the 

 future will be rigorous in its insistence that every passenger 011 a transoceanic aerial express 

 shall be provided with a parachute, just as today ocean-going vessels are required to provide 

 a life-preserver and seating place in a lifeboat for each person on board. 



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