| Show I Paratrooper Sets I Record With W 1 07 1 Drops crops in One Day II FAYETTEVILLE N. N C. C A for for- former mer paratrooper from Dillon Mont I has bas set a worlds world's record for parachute para para- parachute parachute chute leaps lea in a single day by mak mak- making making ing drops Averaging better than one jump every 6 minutes and exhausting seven ceven pilots John W. W rake roke the record with his ills ump pump 10 hours to the minute after his first leap He successfully topped the offic official official cial c ai record of 75 leaps by a Yugo- Yugo slav in London and the unofficial record of leaps claimed by Juan Iriarte of Buena Buenos Aires He made mad his leaps into a plowed field He wore a sweat shirt hirt and regulation paratroop trousers boots and helmet He taped tape nis his arms where the chute straps bound him After each jump a jeep je p and a pickup truck met him The jeep rushed him back to the Piper Cub plane which took him aloft again while the truck took tool his chutes to the hangar where six men were kept busy repacking them His only complaint at the start was If I can survive those jeep jepp rides Ill I'll be O. O K K twisted his ankle and sprained ined his knee on the jump and slowed down do long enough to have his right leg taped After the jump his aides all buddies from the Airborne Division decided he should jump from feet instead of because his re- re reactions reactions actions were slower From feet he would have time to use his emer emergency emergency gency parachute if necessary He took only two minute 5 breaks throughout the grind and ate only a milk shake with three eggs in it I and a few candy bars I |
