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...concerning a parachute jump from a biplane by a Russian parachutist equipped with stopwatches, portable altimeters, warning buzzers and political tutors, etc.: I am not impressed. I am an Air Force parachutist with ... a large unit, and we jump regularly from all types of aircraft . . . Leaping . . . with a full fieldpack, a rifle, extra equipment plus a large, 75-lb. general-purpose container, makes the stoic little Russian's feat appear rather tame by comparison. But . . . this big tough Russian murmuring "Eto Nichevo," as he [disen tangled himself from] his warning buzzers and portable political tutors after landing "near...
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