Word: chuting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scare he got while flying over Philadelphia. To back up his proposal, he drew liberally from a provocative article in the February Forum called "Death by Air Transport" by Lloyd S. Graham in which compulsory use of parachutes was demanded. Author Graham, onetime publicity writer for Irving Air Chute Co., made these claims in his article...
...races proper proceeded without mishap, save for the injury of one of 13 'chute jumpers who took leave of a Ford trimotor together. The unlucky 13th landed in the grandstand, broke a leg, hurt his skull. Betty Lund, whose husband "Freddy" Lund was a flying partner of Dale ("Red") Jackson (see col. 3), stunted a taper wing Waco as if she had never heard that both men were killed doing that very thing...
...qualifying for a nickname he earned two years ago? "Flying Fool.". . . Again he pulled the little ship over in a loop, began to straighten out after the dive?when a wing tore off, then another . . . Pilot Jackson died in the wreckage, one hand hooked in the ripcord of his 'chute. Builder Walter Beech was later quoted as saying he had warned Jackson not to stunt the ship which was not designed to withstand violent maneuvers...
...Carrier Pigeon gave way, banged back against the fuselage, knocked the instrument board loose. Caught by the wind the instrument board was blown against Pilot Johnson's head, knocking him unconscious. At about 500 ft. Pilot Johnson regained sufficient sense to bail out, pull open his 'chute. Pilot: safe. Plane: wrecked. Mail: undamaged save for a few torn wrappings...
...small form separated itself from the plane, a parachute billowed out. The ship crashed noisily on the roof of the old Machinery Building at Frankfort & Duquesne Streets, tumbled off and fell upon two unoccupied automobiles. Floating earthward Pilot Melvin Garlow of Pennsylvania Airlines got his 'chute fouled on a cornice of the building. He cut himself loose, reached the ground with only a sprained ankle. Before accepting aid, Pilot Garlow crawled into his wrecked plane, made sure his mail was safe...