From Malcolm Clark
In the history of extreme parachuting (21 July, p 36), Charles Bruce is worth a footnote. His book Freefall (Little, Brown, 1998) written under the pseudonym Tom Read, covers his abandoned attempt to be the first to free-fall more than 37 kilometres and to break the sound barrier unassisted.
Sadly, he died in January 2002 in a fall from a light aircraft.
Penryn, Cornwall, UK
