Show 4 manageable parachute lieutenant mansfield of tho royal naval reserve made his ascent from aha victoria gardens recently sitting dupca a trapeze immediately beneath the balloon to which was also attached a parachute of a new fashion the whole rose to a height which rendered even the big balloon itself scarcely visible in tl 0 o cloudless sl y it was now as appears from this brave seaman 3 narrative at an altitude of feet or more than two miles commanding a vast horizon but the voyagers hands were so numbed that he was becoming unable to feel tha cords then says lieutenant mansfield finda my apparatus all clear I 1 took the balloon ring in my right hand drew myself dear of the trapeze and dropped down into space after descending with terrible velocity for some distance the parachute began to open at feet he was falling at a great speed but was fully able to control the apparatus at feet he was sailing down calmly into space then he drifted to and fro in various counter currents and at 1000 feet exactly felt the heat from a long red iron chimney now cornea the more remarkable part of the narrative steering my parachute he continues to the eastward I 1 dropped her rapidly to clear the buildings ahead and seeing nothing but houses to descend on I 1 selected the flattest I 1 could find and dropped gently down on it A spectator who watched the voyage from the gardens gives a vivid account of straining the eyes till he was just able to discern a tiny white speck on the blue sky after what seemed a terrible length of time lieutenant mansfield became visible swinging under the parachute and working the valve lines so as to insure a safe landing when he chose to make it such a complete master of the air has never been seen before in thia country london invention |