RECORD CLAIMED
DELAYED PARACHUTE DROP United Press Association—By Electric Tel egra p b —Copy rtgnt PARIS, March 8. James Williams, in a new delayed drop record, leapt out of a plane at 35,075 feet, and opened the parachute 650 feet from the ground. The free drop occupied 140 seconds. The parachute drop was 18 seconds.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20982, 10 March 1938, Page 9
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55RECORD CLAIMED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20982, 10 March 1938, Page 9
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