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teachers who were teaching them there, and Oscar Bromley was the man I flew with most over there at North Island. He was a civilian teacher over there. It was a government plane, built by Curtiss, and then once I think we used a Martin plane to demonstrate. I made three or four drops over there before they even thought about having any parachutes built for the government.

Q: What was it that finally convinced them?

Broadwick: Well, they did a lot of talking... but it wasn't until the war came along that they really ever took it on. They bought a few parachutes and stopped at that, until the war started. Then, after that, some way or other they found out how valuable parachutes were to their pilots. (The First World War)

Q: After 1914-1915, where did your career take you? Did you continue with Martin?

Broadwick: No, I got married.

Q: Was your husband in this field?

Broadwick: No. He was a sea captain. And I wasn't a sailor, I couldn't go with him.

Q: Did you continue parachuting?

Broadwick: Well, after I was married I did a few jumps around different places. But I stopped in 1922.

Q: Were there any other records during that seven years, '14-'22?

Broadwick: No. No records. I just went along. When I got too lonesome, I'd go out and do a parachute jump. I just