ALTITUDE RECORD.
MOTH AEROPLANE CLIMBS TO 18,400 FEET. (MESS tSSOCUTIOH TBLEGEf M.> NEW PLYMOUTH, July 11. A New Zealand altitude record for a light aeroplane was established at New Plymouth to-day by E. F. Harvie, a member of the New Plymouth Aero Club, who reached 18,400 feet in the Western Federated Flying Club's Moth. The feat beats Miss Pauline Bennett's 18,000 feet. The flight was made in _perfect weather. A height of 17,000 feet was reached in an hour, but the last 1400 feet took 20 minutes. At 18,400 feet the aeroplane would drop 100 feet and slowly recover, but would not go beyond that altitude. The change of temperature in the descent, which took 20 minutes, resulted in violent temporary earache, the only ill-effects suffered by the pilot. Mr Harvie joined Kings-ford-Smith's ground staff in New Zealand. He has been flying only a few months. He is a son of the Rev. F. G. Harvie, formerly of New Plymouth, but now of Auckland.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20905, 12 July 1933, Page 7
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