PARACHUTING RECORD
• Received Wednesday, 11 p.m. LONDON, August 27. The Moscow radio luis- announce.l that fliree Soviet paraehutists broke ihe internatioiial record for a para chute juuip from heights of 43,9(52ft, 40,938ft and 40,3.13ft. The man who jumped from 43,9(52 feet took 21 minutes to descend. The previoim record was 3(5,211 -feet which a Iiussiau established 10 vears ago.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 August 1947, Page 2
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