Surely a drop of a few feet before the drogue chute extended above him would be the free fall bit ?
Unless he jumped with the line already extended and the drogue chute already inflated
Unless the free fall bit is defined ie must free fall 1000 feet before any chute is extended 1 foot would do!
I also do not think something has to be classified as a record attempt to be classified as a record only that the event is prove able and accepted as such
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