ALTITUDE RECORD FOR LIGHT AEROPLANE
(Received March 2, 11.48 p.m.)
SYDNEY, March 2.
The "Sun" reports that Mr John Kingsford-Smith, nephew of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, to-day established a new Australian light aeroplane altitude record of 20,100 feet over Sydney, beating his own record of 19,100 feet. Smith stated that the temperature at 19,400 feet was 13 degrees. He rose to 20,100 feet, where he remained for 20 minutes. The aeroplane refused to climb higher. . .
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22341, 3 March 1938, Page 11
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