Six Soviet girl parachute jumpers made a group parachute descent near Khimki ( Moscow Region ) They jumped from a height of 7,035 metres without oxygen apparatus thus establishing a new world record The former record for this jump was held by the Leningrad woman Vera Fyodorovna who jumped from 6,350 metres All the parachute jumpers landed safely Photo shows the girl jumpers with the commander of the plane G A Schmidt ( Master of parachute Jumping ) and the pilot T Malamuzh Photo shows two of the girl parachutists making their record drop July 1st 1935