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Bessemer Historical Society receives inquiry regarding 1940s parachutist

By IAN MINIELLY

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BESSEMER - The Bessemer Historical Society met Thursday afternoon to talk about old times.

It is a new year for membership dues. The society is up to 132 members.

Ed Sandene discussed an inquiry he received recently. An individual had reached out to him regarding a parachutist who came to Bessemer around 1940 with a Ford TriMotor plane. Two local pilots took the parachutist and his triangle chute up for each of his 46 jumps, which set a world record at the time for number of jumps in a day. For 50 cents a passenger could ride up in the plane with...

 
 
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