Click image to enlarge 1st Parachute escape from aircraft...
Show image list »
1st Parachute escape from aircraft... - Image 1
1st Parachute escape from aircraft... - Image 2
1st Parachute escape from aircraft... - Image 3
1st Parachute escape from aircraft... - Image 4

1st Parachute escape from aircraft...

Item # 613379
October 21, 1922
THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 21, 1922

* Test pilot Harold R. Harris
* 1st ever airplane escape w/ parachute

* McCurtain, Oklahoma
* Coal mine explosion disaster


The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Aviator for First Time in Flying History Saves Himself by Leap With a Parachute" Harris is known as the first airman to safely escape an aircraft by "bailing out" using a free-fall parachute.
Page 2 has one column headings that include: "EIGHT ARE KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION" "Gas Blast Traps Thirteen in McCurtain (Okla.) Coal Mine--Four Are Rescued" and more. (see)
Other news, sports, and advertisements of the day. Complete in 24 pages, minor margin wear, generally nice.