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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...
...first sky diving parachutist of the United States. Jacques Andre Istel, Princeton '49, will speak tonight on the "Art of Parachuting" at 8 p.m. in the Lowell House Junior Common Room. Istel will also show films taken at the Third World Parachuting Championships held in Moscow last summer. These are the only known aerial photogrophs of the Russian capitol taken by a westerner...
...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...
...diving as a sport was brought to this country in 1955 by Jacques A. Istel, Princeton '49. In less than a year's time, Istel organized and trained an American team to compete in the Third World Parachute Championship held in Moscow last summer...