The perils of kite-balloon work 1916

An army observation officer suspended in a basket beneath his kite-balloon (a gas-filled balloon tethered to the ground) is depicted struggling with his open parachute, caught in a strong wind. The incident, a very exceptional sort of accident, is said to have occurred over British lines when the man's parachute opened by mistake and, taken by a gust of wind, nearly tipped the unfortunate officer out of the basket

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