DIVE FROM 27000 FEET
WORLD’S RECORD (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 25th May, 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, 24th _ May. Diving head first from an Air Force bomber at a height of 27,000 feet, a parachutist, John Tranum, is believed to have created a world’s record at Netheravon. He delayed his diop, falling like a stone for 18,000 feet before expanding the parachute, and thereafter drifting five miles, narrowly escaping a tree in landing. Tlie previous record was held by an American, 15,000 feet.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 25 May 1933, Page 7
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83DIVE FROM 27000 FEET Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 25 May 1933, Page 7
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