GLIDING CONTESTS
SPEED RECORD BROKEN.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 12th October, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, 11th October. The weather was fairly good at Lympne for the gliding contests. Captain MacMillan broke the speed record by flying at 66£ miles an hour, covering 25 miles at an average speed of 76 miles per hour.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1923, Page 7
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56GLIDING CONTESTS Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1923, Page 7
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