NEW GLIDING RECORD
15,300 FEET BY BRITISHER (Rec. .7.15). LONDON, June 24. Mr Philip Wills established a new height record for British' gliding when he reached 15,300 feet in a flight of 77 miles. Mr Wills held' the previous record of 14,200 feet, made in July, 1939. A Bavarian, Peter Floeckner, in May, 1939, reached 29,900 feet using oxygen.
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Grey River Argus, 25 June 1946, Page 5
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59NEW GLIDING RECORD Grey River Argus, 25 June 1946, Page 5
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