Washington, July 25, A new unofficial world's attitude record has been achieved by the naval Lieutenant Champion, whose instruments record a height of 48,000 feet. His aeroplane caught on fire during the descent but Champion landed uninjured in a cornfield, but in order to save the barograph in which the official establishment of the record depends, the airman had to fight the flames with his hands.
Failure to Best Record Revealed by Barograph Suly 26, Official examination of the baron ph used by Lieutenant Champion, of the U.S, Navy, in his altitude Aight to-day reveals that the altitude he reached did not exceed 89,000 feet.
Thus the world's record, namely 40,820 feet, which is held by a Frenchman, is still intact.—Reuter.
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