Show Complete Safety of Airplane Travel TravelIs Is Assured by Parachute Landing LOS ANGELES Aug 25 AP AP- AP Naval observers declared today that complete safety of airplane travel has been assured for the near fu future future fu- fu ture Lure as the result of o 0 the test made here yesterdays yesterday In which a It giant parachute brought a plane and I pilot safely to earth from an altitude altitude altitude alti alti- tude of 2500 feet The ship was lowered from the skies after the engine had been killed and made a pancake landing A A part of the undercarriage was wa broken and a a. propeller blade was snapped Lieutenant P. P D. D Donnelly of ot tire tiro naval air station at San Diego de declared de- de dared cared the experiment experiment-an an unqualified fied tied success The mammoth parachute spreadIng spreading spread- spread Ing yards ards of silk is the Invention lion tion of Harry A chief machinists machinist's mate mat in Inthe the U U. S. S navy The test was made at Inglewood airport by R. R Carl Oelze of ot the naval naval naval na na- na- na val reserve who the plane I Th lh est eat waa was witnessed by persons Including army and navy officers A dozen planes IncludIng including ing several naval ships and others carrying news reel rel photographers circled around Oelze's machine durIng during dur dur- ing Its making history-making descent Tire daring pilot took the plane Into the air all and nd rose to the desired altitude when he stopped his motor motor motor mo mo- mo- mo tor and released the bl big bag The Tue descent at first appeared rapid but was vas checked as the parachute opened For a while the thc plane swung asung from side to side but soon steadied Itself The plane landed on the outskirts of El Segundo about about three and one half miles west of the starting place The rue descent required one minute and six seconds railing falling at approximately thirty eight t feet a second Tire The pilot and plane weighed 1800 pounds It was a very verj interesting experiment ex ex- ex- ex and I 1 would not have missed it Oelze said as he climbed d out of his ship l. l J 1 t. t f |