GLIDER FLIGHT
NEW ALTITUDE RECORD CLAIMED (Rec. 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, July . A message from Orlando (Florida; states that a world altitude record for two-place gliders was claimed at the Pincecastle army airfield by Paul Tuntland, who soared to 18,700 feet above the release point from a tow plane of 22,700 feet above sealevel. The present record of 14,960 feet was set by the late Major Lewin Barringer in 1940.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 July 1946, Page 5
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70GLIDER FLIGHT Greymouth Evening Star, 29 July 1946, Page 5
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