Parachutes, The Press and Danny Boy
PARACHUTES, THE PRESS AND DANNY BOY Here are three pieces, completely unrelated but, I hope, will be of interest. Firstly, on Sunday afternoon, 7 February 1926, Yeovilians flocked to Westland’s aerodrome to watch Captain A F Muir, of Surrey Flying Service, carryout a parachute drop from 600 feet above the crowd. The excitement of the occasion, and its tension, was heightened by the fact that this was the brave captain’s first jump! Flying over at 600 feet, the Avro bi-plane…