THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1941
MUTT AND JEFF
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AWFULI
GOSH, THAT'S TERRIBLE!
Ubrary, Supreme Cou
Page
BvBUD FISHER.
WHAT'S TERRIBLE?
JUST THINK OF IT!.. A THOUSAND LEGS AND
CAN'T WALK!
WHAT'S GOT A THOUSAND LEGS AND CAN'T WALKP
£500 PAIRS OF
PANTS!
?
I GOTTA
HAVE A LITTLE FUN ONCE IN A WHILE!
Baling Out A Dramatic Process
"THE CREW BALED OUT”– —a simple sentence, but one which for every airman holds a wealth of meaning.
"Baling out" is a process as complicated as it is dramatic. When the captain of an aircraft de- cides that there is nothing else to be done he warns his crew in the words "Prepare to abandon aircraft.” He then signals to the tail-gunner by making a magnesium loaded bulb flash in the rear turret.
This is acknowledged both vocal- and after counting five he pulls ly and by a small signal lamp. the rip-cord. The crew then wait for the final
order, "Abandon aircraft. Ready
Go."
...
Ready.
Miniature Parachute
a
Immediately
miniature parachute files out, and if the gunner does not hold his head well back he may get a blow small on the jaw, when the parachute is caught by the wind and drags out the main para- chute.
The tail gunner leaves first, followed by the wireless operator, the observer, the second pilot and, lastly, the captain. They go either through the escape hatch or the side door.
When the rear gunner goes "over the side,' he first reaches behind him for his parachute,
A jerk on his clamping it on to two hooks on
him that the parachute is open. his chest. He then lifts the escape
There is still hardly any sensa- hatch, at the same time taking off his helmet and so getting him- tion of movement; he feels sus- self free of the flex of the inter-pended in the air; but the noise
of the engines has gone and there, communication system.
is complete peace and silence.
If he takes a header or has his legs curled he will probably go somersaulting down and get tangled up in the cords of the parachute; so he is careful to go feet first, with his legs straight. He has no sensation of falling
shoulders tells
By reaching up and manipulat- ing the cords, he can "spill" the air from the parachute and guide his descent. When he reaches the ground he feels about as much
would be felt shock
as
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HORIZONTAL
1 Rivor in
Prussia
4 Music: soft
9 To weary:
12 Card game
13. Not obvious
14 Turkish officer
15 Tangled
17. Overjoyed
19 Goddess -ÔË 40 discord in 29
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"ending y
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"over
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27. The largest
part
31 Part of a
cirate.
32 List of article
34. Chinesa
measure.
35 Grove, 36.God of war #87 Colloquial:/,
41 Dance step:
49 Packed
53 Aboriginal
American
57 To haul 58 Ladies 60. Anglo-Saxon money....
61 Japanese coin
63 Lock, of hair 63 Cluster of..
Abres
VERTICAL
1 Shade tree
2 New Zealand
bird
3 Drunkard
4 Whart
5 Pointed out
0 Article.
7 By-birth
8 Heraldic
bearing
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
AVARJAD ARZA
RANKENNDINLATUK TROD OF RANTE
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0 Plump
10 Eon
il To wander
16 Number
18 Protection
20 Convened.
after
22 Vegetable dish
23 Lofty self.......
esteem
24 Symbol for
, actinium 26 Emplacements for arullery 20 King of Bashan.
20 Poisonous.
shrub
30 To make fun of 32. Mongrel 33 French river 35 To begin again 30 Interjection... 40 Trap"
INAL RULE ORDB | 4131410-2 HUNTEAN ABGMANI yon DCRA ARE
IRAANA NONODOS
A Pole 46 Balabantier
GO Pigpen 150 Digit:
Jumping
from a ten foot
wall.
There is always the chance of getting a bad sprain, or he may hurt a rib if the parachute drags him along the ground.
To come down successfully in the sea needs skill and presence of mind. The feet hit the water first and the body goes straight down. The jumper must act swift to get his harness off and dive under- neath the canopy of the para- chute. Then there will be either a swim to land or a long cold wall until he is picked up.
In a parachute jump almost anything can happen. A wireless operator, for instance, had an
when alarming
he experience
his aircraft by tried to leave the side door. Somehow he stuck The engines were in the door. spluttering ominously, he made a effort, squeezed his desperate way out, jumped, and then heard the door
him. snap to behind There
jerk-the was a sudden door in closing had caught his coat. The force of the airstream eventually opened the door and he dropped clear. As he hung from the aircraft he lost all count of time,
Fell Like A Log
The same wireless operator had to jump on another occas sion. This time the rip cord came away in his hand. fell like a log until he about a thousand feet from tho ground.
He
was
He had kept his head and as he dropped he clawed and dragged at the parachute case with his fingers. Eventually he
got the small parachute out and the wind did the rest, but only just in time. As it was he landed with such force that his ankle was badly sprained,
When the captain of another order to bale aircraft gave the out, the fuselage door refused to Only a few minutes re- open. mained before an inevitable crash. The crew tugged and pull- ed for their lives, but the pres- sure of the slip-stream held the door fast. At last they managed to get it open. One after another they sat down on the step and let themselves drop feet first.
The wireless operator had an anxious moment when he found he was falling into a dense wood. He just managed to pull the cords and guide the parachute so that he skimmed the tops of the trees and landed in a field.
BRITISH BOYS ARE HEROES OF THE WAR
a million Three-quarters of British boys are playing heroic roles in
Norman the war. Mr. Birkett, K.C.; said. in a broadcast- appeal for the national voluntary organisations for training boys,
"The older boys are taking the places of the absent leaders and carrying on the traditions-and not only inside the movement." In A.R.P. services, A.F.S. sections and other work they were playing o gallant part.
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