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Many a groundling has wondered about the sensations of a parachute jumper, particularly in that awful, breathless moment when he drops from the plane, before the 'chute billows open. Those sensations have often been described in words, now they have been described in photographs. Three months ago two Germans, Willi Ruge and one Boettcher, made their first jumps from separate planes at Staaken Airdrome, Berlin, each armed with a small, specially designed automatic camera to photograph the other's descent and to take self-photographs during the jump. These pictures were printed six weeks ago in the Illustrated...
...Corporal Cain would know which to start on when the other was empty. Last week the Herex printed a full page of its pictures-excellent pictures, but not quite so good as the Germans', possibly because Corporal Cain had to think about pulling the ripcord of his 'chute, whereas the Germans merely jumped and let their 'chutes open by means of ropes made fast to their planes...
...Army's Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill., and Private Harold L. Osborne was being borne aloft to make his final qualifying jump. Nervously he rehearsed his instructions to "bail out," to count to ten while he hurtled downward clear of the ship, then pull the ripcord of his 'chute. At a nod from the pilot of the plane, Private Osborne clambered half out of the cockpit, glanced once at the earth 2,000 ft. below, was seized by the "jitters." He dared not let go, he dared not turn back; so he reached for the steel ring above...
...Pennsylvania's great Ted Meredith in 1916* win the quarter and half-mile on the same day. The next best runner in the race seemed to be Vic Williams of Southern California but Eastman had beaten him two weeks before at the same distance. They came out of the chute with Eastman running well back in the pack, his hands dangling, his stride so smooth that it might have been designed to keep his glasses from falling off. Eastman was ahead coming into the last turn when Williams, who had started badly, began to catch up, running with his legs...
...Force to die by crash since the first of the year. In London last week the Marquess of Donegall charged that Lieut. Waghorn and many another R. A. F. flyer would be alive today but for the "obsolete" type of parachute issued by the Air Ministry. This 'chute, he said, is not guaranteed to open under 800 or 1,000 ft. But Lord Donegall made no reference to the need for 'chutes, viz: the frequency of crashes. One theory lies in Britain's peculiar problem of aerial defense. More than any other form of aggression Britain fears...