Ben Turner taking off before making a parachute jump, Camden, Sydney, 1938

Ben Turner taking off before making a parachute jump from a plane at Camden, Sydney, 14 August, 1938, from original nitrate negative, State Library of New South Wales, NCY60/321 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88D8bLn

 

Ben Turner was an English expert parachutist who tested and promoted the parachute around the world. IN 1938 he visited Australia where he made a jump from 7000 feet using a 'Benturn' parachute invented by Turner and manufactured in Sydney. ON the 26 November, 1938, Turner, with two others, made the first mass parachute jump in Australia at Macquarie Grove Aerodrome, Camden.

 

PARACHUTE TEST FROM 7000 FEET (1938, August 3). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved October 10, 2022, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247349585

 

Parachute Descent (1938, August 16). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved October 10, 2022, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133134024

 

TRIPLE PARACHUTE DESCENT (1938, November 27). Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), p. 36. Retrieved October 10, 2022, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169101382

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