Word: istel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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America's newest and probably most exciting sport, diving the sky, was outlined last night by Jacques Andre Istel, Princeton '49 and captain of the United States Parachuting Team, at a meeting in Lowell House...
Describing sky diving, Istel said "There is no sensation of falling, you drop from the plane and swoop down through the air making controlled turns and banks and then after thirty seconds open your parachute...
...almost like flying," he went on to explain, "you use your body as an airplane uses its wings." Istel also pointed out that with new technical developments and a stringent safety code the sport is safer than skiing...
...Istel said that there are over one million practicing sports parachutists in Russia and that the sport is also popular in France. He hopes that sky diving will soon become an established sport...
...Istel has made over 100 jumps and is currently planning an intercollegiate parachute meet to be held this spring. Princeton, Yale, Williams, and Harvard are the possible participating colleges...