Russia - Soviet Union
Aug. 29, 1957 -est performance of the world in parachute jumping: Just after the world's record of the Soviet parachute jumper Nikolaj Nikitin who travelled 8 and 3/4 miles in a free drop before opening the parachute, six of his compatriots set a new world's record in parachute jumping from the stratosphere. They jumped from an altitude of 9 and 1/1 miles and opened their parachuted when they were less than 333 feet above ground. It took them more than 4 minutes in free drop. Photo shows the Soviet jumpers from left to right: Wladimir Petrenko, Anatoli Wenjarcho, Wassili Romanjuk, Pjotr Istschenko, Nikolaj Shukow and Jewgeni Andrejew
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13182877
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46920136
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