BTGGEST .TUMP YET. NEW YORK. June 12. The world’s record parachute leap was made yesterday by Lieut John N. Wilson, of the U.S. Aviation Service, at ; San Antonio, Texas, when lie jumped ! from ah aeroplane 19,800 ft. up, and j ckme to earth like “a man from Mars” after drifting more than lj) nijles. J Lieut. Wilson jumped backwards ; from tiie cockpit of the aeroplane, and. Si strong west wind first caught the parachute and sent him sailing along ( in he direction of the Pacific coast for j early 5 miles. Then the wind did a , somersault and sept him hack ip the direction of Florida coast. His head was ip a whirl as the wind pulled and tugged hjm first one way, then another, and°in the last stage of the descent hp parrowly escaped striking a tliurch ( steeple, The previous record parachute jump from an aeroplane was 14,000 ft hold by a French airman.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1920, Page 3
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