SKILFUL PERFORMANCE IN GLIDER
NEW ZEALAND RECORD CLAIMED (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, November 1. Soaring to a height of 200 feet above the take-off point in a Waco glider and remaining in the air for 15 minutes 25 seconds, H. W. Lamond, a member of the Auckland Gliding Club yesterday made what is claimed to be a record for New Zealand. Experts who viewed his performance in a primary type of machine regard it as a feat of rare merit and comparable in skill with flights of 40 hours and more in Germany with the most modern type of soaring machine, which is much lighter and more delicately responsive to upward air currents.
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Southland Times, Issue 23346, 2 November 1937, Page 7
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