Record to gliders
(N.Z. Press Association > NELSON. For the second time in five days the New Zealand twoseater gliding record for out ;and back distance was broken by members of the Nelson Gliding Club. The club president, I. i Evans, and N. Jones, who is manager of the New Zealand team to compete in the world championships, flew 328.65 kilometres in six hours and a quarter at the week-end. The trip took them from ; Nelson to the junction of Robinson Creek and the Grey River, south of Springs JuncItion.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33155, 20 February 1973, Page 24
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89Record to gliders Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33155, 20 February 1973, Page 24
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