DAYTON, OHIO, TRIES TO MAKE NEW RECORD.
AIRMAN UP SIX MILES, BUT MISSES RECORD. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received January 30, 2.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 29. News has been received from Dayton, Ohio, that in a specially-equip-ped aeroplane, Lieutenant John Macready on Friday reached an altitude of 25,800 feet, establishing a new American record. He attempted to break the wdrld’s record, but was forced to descend, two hours after he took off, by the failure of the supercharger to function.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17758, 30 January 1926, Page 9
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