GLIDING AND SOARING.
NEW RECORDS ANTICIPATED. 40 MOTORLESS PLANES. (Official Wireless.) (Received Aug. 26, 3 p.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 25.' A national gliding and soaring meeting, in which more than 40 motorless aeroplanes are participating, has opened near Thirsk (Yorkshire) and will continue for a week. There will be competitions in height, distance and duration, and in view of improvements in design and the growing experience of gliding enthusiasts it is likely that new records will be set up. The movement has been stimulated by tbe promise of the Government. to make a grant of £SOOO.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19664, 26 August 1935, Page 8
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