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Show Robot 'Chute Passes Field Test STAN STEAD. England, Nov. 11 Terence WUIana, S3, ex-paratrooper, made a two-mile delayed Jump Thursday In tha first field test of a new robot chute designed to open at any chosen height Tlis; thute, act to open a mile from tha ground in Thursday's teat' waa developed by the Irving Airchute Co. of Letchworth. A company spokesman explained the chute is worked by a barometer which sets off a spring and causes the canopy to pop open at tha desired de-sired altitude. The altitude for opening la preset in advance of tha Jump by a dock work mechanism. mechan-ism. "There la always a danger that a pilot forced to Jump at high , altitude may pasa out from lack of oxygen and fail to revive in time to pull his rip cord," a company com-pany spokesman aaid. "With our device set In advance ha can aafely drop through the rarefied air, knowing his chute will open when needed." . Willans, who has made more than 100 Jumps, waa a para troop major in the British army during World War 1L ' |