The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1961Vol. XXXII, No. 3

Parachuting —In Three Lessons

p. 131 · Read in the full issue

Three Lessons

rench instructor for New •donia’s Parachute Club, M. er Malaussena, gave Vila , r Hebrides, people a thrill ntly when he made three onstration jumps over Bauer , Vila. is jumps, arranged by the \etic Association, were from zw Hebrides Airways Drover, ed by Australian Paul Bur nfortunately, the wind was ible and in his first jump i a low altitude M. Malaus landed in a coconut plan n. is second, a free fall from 00 ft to 1,300 ft before he led the chute, was spectacu including the finish, when he ed in some trees. his third fall he jumped 1 5,000 ft, and planed down a little more than 1,200 nth the aid of a pair of iman’s wings”, before he ?d his chute. He landed with -2 ft of his ground marker, bout 500 enthusiastic people hed the demonstration.