MOTORLESS FLIGHTS
.NEW SPORT OF GLIDING REMARKABLE PROGRESS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 4. (Received August 5, at 5.5 p.m.; In flying circles amateurs who are devoted to the new sport of “ gliding ” are already looking forward to the in ternational gliding competition, which will be held under the auspices of the British Gliding Association in the. first week of October, while the International Commission for Motorless Flights is in session in London. It is thought that the British entrants will be able to show the remarkable progress that has been made in British gliding since the last international meeting in England in 1922, and enthusiasts point to the new British duration record of 6 hours set up by Flying-officer Mole weekend as proof of the high standard reached. British firms have taken up the construction of gliders, and are now pro ducing types of high efficiency.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21406, 6 August 1931, Page 9
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