Altitude Flight
s RECORD RECOGNISED.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright,
LONDON, Dec. 3,
Despite its announcement that Squad-ron-Leader F. R. D. Swain’s height record on September 29 does not rank as a world’s record, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, ■ according to the Air Ministry, has officially advised the Royal Aero Club that it recognises the altitude flight as a world’s record for heavior-than-air craft. The height reached by Squadron-Leader Swain is 49,444 feet. Squadron-Leader Swain piloted a Royal Air Force high-altitude craft, a Bristol 138, with a special Pegasus engine, and reached 49,906 feet, or 10,230 metres, thus eclipsing the 48,098 feet, or 14,543 metres, ascent of the French airman Detrc, which took place shortly before tho British flight. SquadronLeader Swain had some adventures on his flight, having to cut himself out of his special protective helmet after the visor misted over and the sliding panel in the cockpit jammed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 288, 5 December 1936, Page 6
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