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Show parachute leap i regqrdbroken! Army Aviator Jumps Off Plane at Height of Nearly 5 Miles CIIAMPAGNK. III.. March 2 I A i new world's record for parachute leap! was established Wednesday when Lieutenant Lieu-tenant A. G Hamilton dropped 2L -100 feet, lour and three-fifths miles, front! an airplane at Chanute field. lie made Ihe ascent in a DeJIavlland H-, plane-piloted plane-piloted ly Lieutenant Hurry Wedding-ton, Wedding-ton, and descended in. a regulation parachute. He slept during tho hour and twenty-six minutes require. I to make the aacenti but kept mm h awake during the drop. H was Just llko any other leap,' was bis only commeift, UlliiFUL 1'i.A.Vs M Special arrangements were made tor thc feat. Thc plane and motor were timed up by the field's experts. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Weddington wus dressed for; an altitude flight but Lieutenant Ham- )lilton wore only the regulation outfit, i jwcvct, ho was wrapped In blankets id the rear cockpit In which he sat is covered with canvas. A wire troni I canVaa tO Lieutenant Weiblingtim's at was used by t Me pilot to release e covering. The rush of cold air I'okc Lieutenant Hamilton who stepped en a plallorm at tho side and I when the plane was in position, leaped I into space. The parachute opened perfectly. per-fectly. Lieutenant Hamilton landed seven miles northeast of Chanute field. There was little wind when ho Jumped but' :'t in altitude of 18,000 feel a strong' current engulfed his parachute. He 'declared ther... v.nv no pe, uliai . :isa-jtlons :isa-jtlons at any time during the descent. Another airplane sent up aft-! r th.. big Dellaviland began the flight It lollowed Lieutenant Hiunilton dur- ,ing his descent and carried him bark to Chanute field- It is declared at the field that tho I record wil stand as official Before .the flight was attempted, the barograph baro-graph was set at zero and sealed It will be sent to Washington to he call- i brated. No further attempt will bo made tol better this record unless some Other field breaks it," said Lieutenant ' I lEtromme. Lieutenant Hamilton held I the previous record, winch was 20,900 I feet, made at Carlstrom field, Aic-nlia, I Fla. I |