Airplane Landed by Parachute from 500-Foot Height

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Showing how disabled planes may be brought down without crashing if properly equipped, Jimmy Goodwin, of Newport, Ky., landed an airplane by parachute recently as a special feature of an air meet in Maine. For making the unconventional descent, the craft carried a ‘chute fifty-two feet in diameter which was opened 500 feet above the ground.

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Airplane Landed by Parachute from 500-Foot Height