From a Balloon Observer's Training Manual, WW1 cartoon

"Prior to making a parachute descent it is important that the telephone receiver be detached from the observer's head."
Cartoon by Bernard Hugh in The Bystander (one of a series on the plight of the kite balloon observer) showing a parachute jump going badly wrong for one balloonist

Amusing Balloonatics Balloonist Balloonists Descent Kite Observer Parachute

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