Pearl tracery of 101 parachutists

July 16 2013

Pavel Gazdyuk

Vladimir Stakheev

RBTH

After numerous attempts, 100 and 1 woman set the record at Kolomna Airfield last weekend, jumping from a height of 5500 meters from five aircraft.

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Every weekend over a period of four months, more than 100 women parachutists, who call themselves "Pearls of Russia", gathered at airports around Moscow to prepare to break the record for the largest free-fall formation consisting of female members from one country.

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