To guide airmen stranded in tropic jungles, the Army last week brought out a new book, Jungle and Desert Emergencies, to go in their bail-out kits.
Basic advice : "Don't rush. Think things out; then act. Sleep and food are important; don't forget them in your eagerness to get out. . . . Good water and food are available in the jungle if you know where to look for them." In the first place, if a pilot possibly can, he is advised to make a controlled crash landing instead of bailing out, not primarily to save the plane but to...
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