| Show PARACHUTE EXPERIMENT SUCCESSFUL R. R Carl Oelze Makes Daring Drop To Tr Try Out New Invention In LOS ANGELES Aug 24 A A parachute fifty feet across invented by Harry A. A Doucett chief machinIsts machinIst's machinIsts machinIst's machinists machinist's machin machin- mate in the United States navy today in its Initial test here brought a plane and pilot to earth from an altitude f of 2500 feet after the engine engine engine en en- gine had been killed R R. R Carl Oelze former army air all pilot took the plane into the air for forthe forthe forthe the parachute test Pilots and observers observers observers ob ob- ob- ob servers of twenty-four twenty planes which flew Clew here from the naval air base at North Island San Diego where the Inventor Doucett Is stationed two planes from Rockwell army army field San Diego and six from Clover field Santa Monica witnessed the he trial flight and drop At an altitude of 2500 feet killed his engine cut the great para- para folded on top of the plane let the machine drop It came camo down steadily drifting from Inglewood field where it took the tho air ar towards El Segundo and as asIt asit asit it neared the tho ground about three miles from the starting point began to o oscillate The fhe plane and parachute parachute parachute para para- chute finally came to rest on a hillside hillside hillside hill hill- side and hop hopped lied out none the thew w worse for his experience Only a propeller blade and the thu gear of the plane were damaged due observers said to the fact that the descent was made on sloping ground Pilot Oelze will be remembered as aa the tho avla aviator or who was in Delta a afew afew few ow weeks ago and took hundreds o ol of olour our citizens on their first aerial trip among them being Mrs 1 Young Elizaboth Eliza Eliza- both who was tho the first white child born in the state of Utah Mr Oelze lect left one of his planes in Delta when he went to the coast to coquet ct the experiment He lie announced ed that ue 1100 u 0 vo- vo l bum t Immediately after the tho experiment and spend some sometime sometime time lime Ip and around aro Delta In the interest In Interest interest in- in terest of commercial aviation He lie believes that that the United States should and will lead the world in aviation and thinks this will be bo hastened hastened hastened has has- by tho the people becoming more familiar with flying lying 0 o |
