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Show FIVE TAKE PART IN PARACHUTE JUMP SACRAMENTO." Cl March llTA record IA parachute Jumping was sot yesterday at Mather field when five aviators. Lieut. Eugene C. -Itattens. Sergt. Richard Thorti., Corp. I'snl Connors sad lvts. fcrl Woodsarl and Alewls Hartner, leaiied from the seme plane at an altitude of :ooo feM. Lieut. K. C. Kiel piloted the plane. Double parachutes, one strapped to the chest snd the other to the back, were used. Just before he jumiieU from th. wing of th. plane each man loosened one parachute and the wind blew It open aa the leap waa made. The second parachute was opened when the man wanted to lessen the speed of his fall. All landed safely. |