49,000ft Parachute Jump
o (Rec. 10 p.m.) MOSCOW, June-40 A Soviet parachutist. Petr Mgov, has made two record jumps from the stratosphere, sMotSIm to the Soviet news agency, Tam Dolgov jumped from a fast Jef plane on June 3 from 12VT4 metres (about 43,000 feet) end tist Tuesday from 14.834 metres (atttil 49.000 feet). The jumps beat the world record set in 1958 by- a Bulgarian, Kalapehiev, and wotfd be sent to the International Aviation Federation for confirmation.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29228, 11 June 1960, Page 13
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