WORLD’S RECORD
AUSTRIAN GLIDER’S FEAT At the recent big contest for the German glider planes in the traditional flying district in the Rhon in Central Germany, tbe chief feature was the new world record made by the Viennese flyer, Robert Kronfeld, who covered a stretch of over 90 miles in his glider and rose nearly one and a-half miles above his starting level. This astonishing feat was accomplished by Kronfeld's clever use of a thundercloud to screw his glider higher and higher, after which he started for his long-distance flight. During the two weeks of the competition 235 registered flights were made. The greatest height achieved was 5,595 feet above the starting point. Another striking flight was one with a goal six miles away, which had to be encircled, the glider returning to the starting point. This was successfully accomplished by Wolf Hirth.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 23
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