DARING AVIATOR
DELAYS OPENING PARACHUTE DROP OF 13,000 FEET Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, August 12. (Received August 13, at 0.20 a.m.) A Chicago message stales that'Jack Cope, the veteran aviator, created a new record for a delayed drop. Going to 15,000 ft altitude, he stepped off the plane, and dropped 13,000 ft before he released the parachute cord. The terrific strain almost wrecked the parachute, but Cope managed to land safely.— United Service.
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Evening Star, Issue 20252, 13 August 1929, Page 9
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