Show Speed in Falling If one should fall from an airplane airplane air- air airplane plane or balloon at a hei height ht however how- how however ever great his velocity would never exceed miles an hour at al any point before reaching the earth according to th the conclusions of the Army Air Service ice a as a re- re result re result sult suit of experiments made with dummies This is contrary to the the belief h held ld by most persons that a body continually increased increase I its speed when falling from any an distance The fact is that this thia rap rap- rapid rapid id increase of speed in the cas case of a body similar to that of i a aman man continues only until it has ha fallen about 1200 feet after which it maintains a constant rate due dui to the resistance of the air i This discovery also explodes explode the theory that a person falling Ithe from a great i he-i height ht would lose los consciousness and perhaps be beI b I dead before striking striking- the ground for it is well known m that aviators aviator have driven their planes at speeds s of more snore than miles an hour or on ona ora o oa a straightaway course and at much greater reater velocities when driving ing in to make an outside loop Tho The knowledge knowledg-e that falling falling- speed is limited is not of much I practical benefit to one who falls from reat however for forI forthe forthe I i a n great height the miles an hour possible to I effectively put him out of business S when he strikes the earth |