GLIDING IN ENGLAND.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 3 March 1931, Page 15

GLIDING IN ENGLAND.

, \ i ., ' ' RECORD MADE AND BROKEN. (MtOlt 088 OWS COBEEgJOJTDSST.) ' 1 '* \f 1- • v ■ . h LONDON,, January 20. The British ■ dufatibn record for .gliders, yhich was broken on. Saturday 'on the j Ohiltern Hills* near Dunstable, Bedfordshire, Jby Mr R Buxton, a.> member of< the London Gliding Olub, was regained oD/, Sunday by Captain C.'tC Latimer Needham, of the- same e)ub, previous holder, with a \flight lasting- M hours.' ,Mr Buxton / had tsma{ned v in\l;he air 1 liour 52 Minutes. A''large part of Captain Needham's flight tookplaceinft biting hailstorm. I The, wind'was not bo suitable for glid- , togas' it was on Saturday. On two or I tfaree r occasions the pilot lost height and 1 had to flght his way to.gain altitude, ■ kt" tiirids Captaip, Needham, 'whose i machine was, a Pxbfliog, „ reached a, height of more than 1000 ft. He made a Voluntary landing' at a point- higher than-where he took off*

I Reflecting business degression'. ■in ! Germany, State-run * pawnshops show big in business,, tha£ in Ber- 1 lin haying''loaned'4.3so,ooo'marks in. the first half of last year! ,as compared with' 8,730,000 for the who\e of 1929.