The Archive · 1926

REMARKABLE FLYING

FEAT — Aviator Six Miles in the Air

London, Jan. 6, Another aviation feat has been accomplished at Duxford Aerodrome rear Cambridge, where Flight-Lieutenant Woollett of the R.AP. strained a height of 30,000 feet during altitude trials with oxygen freathing apparatus. It. Woollett piloted a steel-built fighting machine and he flew at the above-mentioned height for half an hour. This was according to his instructions but he reported on descending that he could if necessary have exceeded 30,080 feet. Statistics show that the greatest height reached by an aeroplane country was attained by! in 1919, rided through Reuter.

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