Capt. Neville Stack, the well known British aviator, to-day broke his own record made in 1991 for flight from London to Copenhagen fand back.
Flying a Miles Hawk-Major machine, Captain Stack covered the {400" miles in 10° hours and 54 minutes, clipping 21 minutes from the mark he established in 1931.
The British gliding duration re. cord wat broken to-day by a huge margin at the National Glid~ ing Meeting at Sutton Bank, Yorkshire.
The new mark was established by Mr. John Laver, a member of the Dorset Club, who remained aloft for 12 hours and 21 minutes. The previous record of seven hours and 22 minutes was also held by Mr. Laver.
Mr. Laver established his first record last May when he broke the Feeord of six hours and 55 minutes established by Flying Officer Mole. tone of the most skilled of British lider pilots. On this. occasion, Mr. Laver took off at 1140 am. and landed in heavy rain at 722 pin. When the record breaker landed, unable to see. the hill tops and was guided only by we rows Air, Commodore Sir Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, famous Australian airman, made a non-stop flight today from Melbourne to Perth. He covered the distance at an average Speed of 186 miles per hour.
The flight was in the nature of a test for the Australian airman's new racer, in which he will compete in the Melbourne Centenary it race—Reuter.
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