IN THE AIR
NOTED GLIDER KILLED. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). \ BERLIN,' August 8. Pilot Blech was killed during the famous Wasserkoppe competition in which another pilot was also killed, when making a parachute descent. Thirteen, hundred starts were made during the competition, the distance flown being forty-seven thousand miles 1 an 2,750 hours. The flights ranged from 121 to 220 miles. • The world- altitude record was surpassed five times. Five; -com-getitors parachuted • safe* ly, after hailstones riddled the wings of thei#
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1938, Page 5
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