A new world’s record for delayed parachute jumping was mad© at Blue Ash, Ohio, by Sergeant Paul A. Dewessc, who fc’l 2100 ft before attempting to open bis parachute. When only 400 y, from the earth, Sergeant Dewess© opened the parachute. It opened with a crack, splitting in half from the velocity of the wind. However, the fall was broken. Th 0 leap was njude from a height of 2500 ft.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20252, 10 November 1927, Page 5
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