UPSIDE DOWN

NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 7

UPSIDE DOWN

Flying Extraordinary

jTHE quite unnecessary record of 18 A minutes 56 seconds' flight upside down m an aeroplane has been achieved by a young Swiss pilot, M. L. Glardon, who thus beat the previous record by nearly four minutes. Relating his experiences, he said that after the flrst few minutes he felt heavy pressure on his head,' which rapidly increased until he had hardly power to think. From s . the eighth to the tenth minute was the worst 7 time, as he felt blows as from a hammer on his head and could hardly steer . the machine.. This xvas succeeded by a terrible 'tiredness and by the eighteenth minute he xvas almost unconscious, but he flew a few more circles, and then, with a last effort, turned the machine ' over and descended: He started his acrobatic flying at a- height of 160 feet and. finished it at 2200 feet. There does not seem to be anything, either physical or scientific, to <be gained by such stunts. — From "N.Z.Truth's" LOndon Rep.