Show FLIER LEAPS FROM AEROPLANE AND ANDIS IS SAFE French Avi Aviator tor D Drops ops N Nearly Nearly Near Near- arly ar- ar ly Half Mile Attached to Big Umbrella I By Associated Press Prell WITH THE TIlE AMERICAN ARMY N FRANCE July 31 Captain Captain a French aviator has carried out the first exp experiment on record in the army arny of ot falling l from om a a. moving airplane with witha a parachute I Captain yards with an umbrella twelve yards in di diameter diameter dl- dl ameter and landed safely He fell feU from the observers observer's position but similar experiments for tor the pilot will be undertaken soon PARACHUTE OPENS OPENS The aviator crawled out of ot his S seat at and hung hOng by his hands with the parachute parachute parachute para para- chute firmly attached to his to-his his body and lightly attached to the airplane When he Jumped the parachute opened perfectly perfectly per per- I and bore him gently t to the th ground I Experiments in the past have b been en made with s sandbags which were cut loose at varying heights WILL SAVE LIVES Although Captain Sarret's Sarret was made at a height of ot meters it is isI I d declared there is no obstacle to ju jumpIng jump jump- pa p- p log Ing a greater distance since the parachute parachute parachute para para- chute has even ven a better chance to open When successful the employment of ot otI pat parachutes will enable e airmen to leave I I their flaming machines s s. s and not meet death as did Major Raoul on I May 19 Captain Sarret was in the air about three minutes after atter he had cut loose from the airplane He was completely ly composed upon landing and wrote a brier brief message describing his sensations during his descent |