PARACHUTE FEAT

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 16, 13 October 1933, Page 9

PARACHUTE FEAT

Russian Falls 22,912 Feet Before Pulling Cord

WORLD RECORD CLAIMED

(Received October 12, 10.5 p.m.)

Moscow, October 11

M. Evseyev, senior pilot in the Red Army’s experimental branch, claims a world record delayed parachute jump. He leaped at 23,400 feet and fell for 1324 seconds, in which he descended 22,912 feet before opening the parachute. He says the temperature when he jumped was 60 degrees below zero. ENGLISHMAN’S RECORD Diving head first from a Royal Air Force bomber at a height of 27,000 feet, the parachrttist, Mr. John Tranum was believed to have created a world’s record at Netheravon, on May 24 last. Mr, Tranum delayed his drop, falling like a stone 18,000 feet before expanding the parachute. He then drifted five miles, narrowly escaping a tree in landing. The previous record, 15,000 feet, was held by an American. After lauding, Mr. Tranum said: “I fell nicely through a hole in the clouds, tumbling head over heels, but my brain worked clearly. After tumbling a mile I straightened into a beautiful dive, with my body at an angle of 45 degrees. but mist clouded my goggles. I pulled the ripcord when my stopwatch showed I was falling nt the rate of 144 miles an hour. The effect was a terrific shock, hard to describe. I felt as though my body was leaving my head behind in the clouds, when suddenly I popped back again. I floated tranquilly and hit the grass at the rate of about 13 miles an hour.”