Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-07-05 | Page 2 | Chutist Sets Mark of 124 Jumps within 24 Hours

Sets Mark Of Jumps Within 24 Hours GRAND PRAIRIE TEX July 5 INS Neal INS Stewart old year parachute jumper Saturday holds a new record of successive jumps in a 24 hour period lIe He bested the previous record by one jump Neal started bailing out of a small plane a few minutes after midnight Friday morning and made his last drop three minutes minutes min min- utes before Friday midnight at ata a private airport near Grand Prairie He was bruised and admitted being plenty tired but insisted insist insist- I ed cd that he was as all right He had hild to use a reserve resel chute twice nearly hit a parked car at the edge of a plowed plot on which he made macic his landings twisted an ankle on his jump and fell on I his back on the drop A Arising Arising rising wind caused him to hit hiton hiton hiton on his back and he then delayed delayed delayed de de- de- de his operations for several hours until the wind lessened The former record was established established established several years ago by John Swedish of Iowa II I I 1 I II I