The Meeker herald., 1921-05-07
REAL THRILL IN
10000 FOOT DROP
Lieut.. A. c. Hamilton Breaks Al
Records for Parachute Lear
From AirpIane.
TAKES LIFE N HIS HANDS
Through Miles Of Cloud Fieers to ths
Earth Hanging to Parachute
None the Worse for His har.
rowing Experience.

New york.-AIl records for para.
chute drops went TO smash at Csri-
,trom field when Lieut.. A. G. HamN.
ton fell 2O,gOO feet through space n
tbe quick time of II minutes, better
Ing by AT least a thousand feet the
record for altitude made by Lieut. vii.
son In Texas. 1t might be noted. says
Air Service news letter. that Lieut..
Hamilton jumped; his method OF leav.
Ing the plane was not n drag or"
Hamilton. who has had quite n little
experience with parachutes, had re-
marked upon hearing Of the previously
established record that he though. he
could better II and last Friday the mt.
tenn, wns made He went nioft in a
La Pere piioted by Lieut.. r. II.
pownes. Downes pushed on unit, I'm
altitude lust short OF 2l,OOO feet had
been reached when miss In the motor
made IL impossible to continue higher.
At four miles above the earth the mir
was biting cold.
CtrclIpr nbout for a glimpse Of
earth through riffs in the cloud floors.
tho .vIntors described what they de-
duct.d to he Dorr field. nine miles
east NJ Car,strom field Judging the
speed If the wind md Its effect on
the chute during the drop. Lieut..
Dowpes moved wcst some two mile,
and sIrnoled for Lieut.. Hamilton to
,umn
Tn. Parachute
Right here mention might no mnde
~ . circumstance which nu,s nm o,,d.d
,hri,, into n,racbut,pp MT high nIti.
,udes and ,end. interest tn tho .st,t.
Iixbmen, NJ n new record The MIRA.
chute used nv .v,ator. ia folded SING.
IL ins,d. a n,ct carried IN I'M. h.ck
Tho onerator stem, IN allow. himself
a coun,e NJ xncona. m fol c,.nr ~
hi. msch,ne ,hen mil. n wire ,,cncnd.
,nr over his shoulder Th,x wire onens
Tho .nr,np doors NJ tho mack and re-
lea ses a small nilot chute some connie
NJ foot In dinmeter This n,lot snrin1n
open automatically and catching the
rnsh NJ air draws the main chute from
the nnck In tho ton Of tbe main
ch,,te IA an automatic vent which.
openInp IN a width of Ave feet when
the hio naraso, nrst unfo,ds piyes tha
air comnre.sed within a chance ia -
cone and ,esxeps tho DANGER NJ b,o,v.
ING the cbute mari When tho f,,,
has been chected r,,hber sprInps n,
SHOCK .absorbers in tho vent cl,se n I,
npt,, but n sma,, hole remnins Az
rho atmosphere nres.ure wherein most
norochute dron. from, ordrn,rv nIti.
tudes are made the .need attained nv
tho operptor in hIs caunIa NJ secon,Is
fall ia suf,icjent to create enough pres.
SIRE under the pIlot chute tn cnu,e II
when released TO yank the big one
At once from its nack U.uaIIv tho IN.
orator ia descending at normal speed
after falling less tbnn ON feet
Throuoh so.es
unon receIv,ny hIs n,Iors s,yn,,
u.,,,I,o, c,,mboS ., Tho odc. NJ tho
cncrn,t uovo,, hi. hand and dro,ned
int, .noca Alter tho usuoI interval
ho puII.a hi, ro,oaso cord hvt in.,ood
~ having hi. DION ,mme,,.ta,v chacr.
a. ho ,eI, n distance which yos os,i.
notaI hy both him and ,ont Downs.
e. ho . noo too, haSor,, HE ,,roch,,,o
.,,rn., M. ord ,,,nnod Wiz, lou,
800. ,oo,,,r. .I,,,. ,o .,,,, ,,,.. a..
srr,,n. witch close IN. Won. WOW,
hr,ron Tho chute Ia q, . s,vo d.s,on.
~, o., o,ohI, , ,nnn IN raoch ~, ,ro,,n,,
,,io,.,,. 10 IL, n,ns,ston. ,,,,.h sa,o..
q. ,an,,,na and .ha s,,o.L ,nnr tono,,
H.. a...,, to ai,r.rs ..,..ro WIN ~.
-. ,,,,d. onon .ha Nat u.n,,,tnn
.s,.,, hono e.. rn. ,.,,, hror.n
hono.