1929 USA / TRANSPORT: Aviation: plane lowered by parachute
February 23, 2026
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0:48Now Playing1929 USA / TRANSPORT: Aviation: plane lowered by parachute
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as posted by the channelDate: 29th April 1929
Location: USA, United States
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Plane Lowered by Parachute! At Santa Anna (U.S.A) an aviator risks his life in showing how disabled aircraft may be saved.
USA: California: Santa Ana:
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Man (pilot - Captain Roscoe Turner ?) posing next to plane
Biplane taking off
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) of biplane releasing parachute
AIR VIEWS (AERIALS) of plane being lowered to ground by parachute and landing in field
Biplane and opened parachute on ground
Pilot (?)
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