MOTORLESS FLIGHTS
NATIONAL GLIDING MEETING. NEW RECORDS EXPECTED. (British Official Wireless.) Received 2.45 p.m. to-day. RIUGBY Aug. 25. The national gliding and soaring meeting, in which more than 40 motorless aeroplanes are participating, has opened near Thirsk (Yorkshire) and will continue for a weqk. There will he competitions in height, distance and duration.
In view of the improvements in design and the growing experience of gliding enthusiasts, it is likely that new records will be set up. The movement has been stimulated by the promise of the Government toi grant £SOOO.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 26 August 1935, Page 6
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