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Broadwick - 1 (18pp)

Tiny Broadwick (Mrs. Georgia Brown) May 1960 - by Kenneth Leish.

Q;  You started learning to parachute when you were about 15, is that right?

Miss Broadwick:  Yes, that was with a carnival Co. with a hot air ballon [[balloon?]], starting out in 1908.  I traveled with the carnival, and then of course they had made a great success with that.  Then we'd go to the parks and the fairs, which is always a step up, from a carnival company.  Although my early days dropping in a parachute from a hot air ballon [[balloon?]] were very exciting and very interesting, because you met [[so met]] so many people.  You went to a different town every week.  Of course, the weather conditions sometimes interfered with us making our complete six jumps a week, but [[underline]] we had a guarantee of [[handwritten $ ?]] 250-- [[/underline]] that would have to cover our expenses and our food and everything, when we traveled with the carnival company. $250 a week, traveling expenses and everything, that was the contract.  If [[underline]] I did extra parachute jumps, [[/underline]] drops, from the balloon -- if it was one, [[underline]] there was $25 added, [[/underline]] and if I did two or three, each time another $25 was added.
When the weather was good and I could make a good week of it, we were rich, in those days.

Q;  Who taught you to jump, and how did they teach you in those days?

Miss Broadwick:  [[underline]] Charles Broadwick taught me all I know about the hot air ballon and the parachute, [[/underline]] and he also built the coat that I tested off of the airplanes, the life preservers of the air.  But the balloon work -- there was quite a bit to learn about that, because you had to know your ropes, know how to fold your parachute, and know the right times to take off for the ground, to get in the air with safety and get back again without injuring anyone.