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When a parachute opens, the hemisphere offers such air resistance to gravity that descent is checked to about 16 ft. per second. This amounts to a force equal to that of jumping from a ten-foot fence, often sufficient to sprain an ankle. Chutes can be partially guided when the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Caterpillars | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

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