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NON-STOP FLIGHT TO INDIA.
McINTOSH AND HINKLER OFF
(Received 16. 11.25 a.m.) London, Nov. 15.
Captain Mclntosh and Bert Hinkler began their attempt for a nonstop flight to India.—(A. and N.Z.)
GRAY’S ALTITUDE RECORD.
(Received 16, 11.15 a.m.) Washington, Nov. 15.
The National Aeronautic Association has officially credited Captain Gray with the world’s altitude record on a recent balloon flight which cost him his life. The Bureau of Standards has calibrated his instruments and has informed the association that Captain Gray rose 42,470 feet before he accidentally cut the oxygen tube which kept him alive. The association will ask the International Aeronautic Federation also to accept the record.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 16 November 1927, Page 5
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