DARING PARACHUTE FEAT
13,000-FT. DROP BEFORE .RELEASING CORD VETERAN CREATES RECORD {L‘nilJKc—rvicc) Reed. 3 21.11). NEW YORK, LMonday. A Chicago message states that Jack Cope, veteran creator of a. new record for a. delayed drop, went to a 15,000 ft. altitude, stepped 01'1” his_piane and dropped 13,1100 ft. before he released the parachute chord. \
Tfie terrific strain almost wrécked the parachute, but Cope managed to land safely.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 740, 13 August 1929, Page 9
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67DARING PARACHUTE FEAT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 740, 13 August 1929, Page 9
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