| Bibliographic Entry | Result (w/surrounding text) |
Standardized Result |
|---|---|---|
| Drops From an Airship 24,400 Feet Up; Landing Safely With His Parachute. New York Times. (24 Mar 1921): 1. | "Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill., March 23.—A new world's record for parachute jumping was established today when Lieutenant Arthur G. Hamilton, one of the Air Service's crack jumpers, leaped from the cockpit of a De Haviland airplane at 24,400 feet above sea level. The pilot landed safely after drifting eight miles. The previous record was 22,000 feet, made in Texas on Feb. 22." | 7,440 m (1921) |
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