GLIDER LOOPING
NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED CAIRO, April 12. Towed to 15,000 feet by an aeroplane, Squadron-Leader E. L. Mole achieved 147 successive loops with a glider. This is a world record. He says he was so giddy that he landed two miles from the aerodrome. A German named Wilfhirth, held the previous record with 125 loops.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 April 1938, Page 8
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56GLIDER LOOPING Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 April 1938, Page 8
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