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Before dealing with some of the outstanding features of that period, it should be pointed out again that
parachutists before the War had done almost everything there was to be done, except for the long-distance
free fall.
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LEARNING THE ART OF PARCHUTING
Pilots and Observers in the R.A.F> have to undergo a rigorous and exhaustive course in the art and science of parachuting. Above are seen cadets
at Manston learning how to spill the wind out of the parachutes and the correct distribution pf the rigging lines. The photograph below shows a
batch of young pupils at the R.A.F. college at Cranwell receiving instruction in the complicated art of folding and packing the apparatus on which
their lives may depend.
