Show THRILL IN PARACHUTE FALL Sport Declared b clar d Well Worth the Small Amount of Danger From the Act Like most nio t of the other alleged dangers dangers dan dan- gers gerR of hal ballooning writes T. T A A. A McDonald McDonald Mc Mc- Donald In the Wide World Magazine parachuting may be called the danger of ot the Imagination Terrible re results many inay may happen and null the contemplation of their possible arrival Is apt to rack the nerves norvis but accIdents thanks to th tM the ingenuity of spencers and other parachute tn t are arf n very r I rare Here Is If an nn account of mv my first t c experience Shutting my n t c eyes es Ps T I tool hOk n he header le over the tilt edge of ot the hl basket H lr et t tand and dropped A breathless plunge of about a hundred and fifty feet a ft feeling fooling fool feel ing much the Iome as one has in doIng doing doing do do- ing a It steep dive on a scenic railway RY and t then en n 41 tug t on on m raj my legs from my harness an and 1 the parachute had opened open open- e ed 1 For a n few moments I felt as a. though I was remaining absolutely still sUll In the air the first dead drop heI her be- I ri d rr rapid that Hint 1 did not pot notice the time 12 miles or 01 so at which my opened parachute was carrying me toward the ground round Then I glanced downward and saw the ground rising toward me and I also noticed that I was moving falih fairly rapidly rapid in a n lateral direction n with the wind Eighty seconds or i so 10 o olater Inter later I landed with a slight thud on my back hack cut my parachute rope to avoid being eln dragged ed and then got on rn 10 mr feet firmly finnly convinced that parachuting para clouting was splendid sport and well worth orth whatever danger it Involved |