PARACHUTIST'S FEAT.
WORLD'S RECORD JUMP.
DESCENT TAKES 23 MINUTES
PARIS. Juno 30
Twenty-three minutes after a young parachutist., Rene Marchenaud, had jumped from an aeroplane at an altitude of 7780 metres (nearly five miles) he landed safely in a field. This is claimed as a \vorld's record jump. Scaled instruments recorded tlio altitude. Marchenaud wore a special breathing mask. The previous record was held by Captain Willy Coppens, V.C., who jumped from a height of four miles at Villa Coublay.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21224, 2 July 1932, Page 9
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80PARACHUTIST'S FEAT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21224, 2 July 1932, Page 9
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