GRANTS FOR GLIDING
Decision in Britain (British Otlieial Wireless.) (Received July 23, 5.5 p.m.) . Rugby, July 22. The Under-Secretary for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, announced in the House of Commons that the Government had decided to make an annual grant of £5OOO for live years for the assistance of gliding. 'Die scheme for the allocation of grants for the development of gliding had been submitted by the British Gliding Association and had been accepted in principle. GERMAN’S WORLD RECORD (Received July 23. 10 p.m. i London, July 23. The "Daily Telegraph’s" Berlin correspondent says (hat Ludwig Hoffmann set a world record by gliding 305 miles, lie heal (lie > ord established by Dittmers on July 21), 11)31.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 254, 24 July 1935, Page 9
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116GRANTS FOR GLIDING Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 254, 24 July 1935, Page 9
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