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ITN/5/8/107
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Prince Charles prepared for a parachute jump
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- 28 July 1971 (Creation)
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1 photograph
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(1955 - present)
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Abingdon, England. Wearing a parachute and a life-saving jacket, Prince Charles (right) walks to an Andover plane at the Royal Air Force's parachute school en route to make a parachute jump from 1,200 feet over the English Channel. The Prince sucessfully made the jump to become the first heir to the British throne to make a parachute jump, as part of the final phase of his Royal Air Force cadet training
ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/28
Agency: UPI
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