RACE FIVE MILES HIGH
R.A.F. SPECTACLE LONDON, May fi. Single-seater fighters, with motors supercharged to maintain power in thin air at great heights, are to take part in an altitude race at tho Royal Air Force display at the Hondon Aerodrome, N.W., on July 2. Ascending with sealed height recorders, they will rush up to more than 2.'),f100ft., or approximately five miles. Their pilots will www electrically warmed suits and 'he provided with oxygen breathing appliances. Having gained as rapidly bis possible the height stipulated, tho pilots will come swooping back to earth again, the winner being the airman who makes the ascent and descent in the quickest time.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16390, 12 July 1927, Page 2
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109RACE FIVE MILES HIGH Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16390, 12 July 1927, Page 2
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