Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1920 — DESCENT OF 19,500 FEET IN PARACHUTE [ARTICLE]

DESCENT OF 19,500 FEET IN PARACHUTE

Dayton, G., June 28.—Sergeant Bottreille of McCook field today made a parachute descent of what was said to be 19,500 feet, believed to be a new record. The plane, piloted by Sergeant Madan, climbed to an altitude marked by the indicator as 19,500 feet, it was stated. Bottreille climbed out on the fusilage to make his jump. The wind caught his parachute and pulled him through the tail of the machine, tearing off the rudder. Bottreille landed near Germantown, ten miles west of here, with his parachute ripped where it had been in contact with the tail wires of the plane. The plane landed safely.