DELAYED DROP FROM PLANE.
A NEW II ECO 111) CREATED. '(United Brets A«*vciatlnn —By El-rtric Telegraph Copyright.) —United Servioe). Rccreivc.il 10.5 a.ui. to-dav. NEW YORK, Aug. 12. A Chicago message states that Jack Cope was the creator of a new record for a delayed drop. Going to 15,000 feet altitude, ho stepped off a plane and dropped .13,000 feeit .'before be released the parachute cord, .the terrific strain almost wrecked the parachute, but Cope managed to land safely.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 13 August 1929, Page 5
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78DELAYED DROP FROM PLANE. Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 13 August 1929, Page 5
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