1935 - Amelia Earhart demonstrates parachute-jumping tower
Earhart getting onto canvas harness beneath parachute. Views being raised; then dropped. Parachute lifted up tower & dropped.
Testing; Aviation Celebrity;
NOTE: 115 foot tower built by Stanley Switlik & George Putnam to train airmen. Earhart made first public jump on 02Jun35.
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1935 - Amelia Earhart demonstrates parachute-jumping tower Earhart getting onto canvas harness beneath parachute. Views being raised; then dropped. Parachute lifted up tower & dropped. Testing; Aviation Celebrity; NOTE: 115 foot tower built by Stanley Switlik & George Putnam to train airmen. Earhart made first public jump on 02Jun35.