Salzburg, Feb. 28.
A new glider altitude record was established involuntarily yesterday Research Kloeckner, in making trials over the Chiem see, a well-known lake in Bavaria, allowed himself to be towed up to a great height by a molar driven airplane during a violent southerly gale. After the glider was uncoupled near Mittersgill, it was driven up rapidly by the' powerful wind to a height of over 7,000 metres.
Apparently owing to the failure of the oxygen apparatus in this ice-cold and rarefied atmosphere, Kloeckner lost consciousness. Only after the glider had descended unpiloted to an altitude of about 4500 metres did Kloeckner recover and was then obliged in an exceedingly dangerous situation to cope with the task of bringing the glider into equilibrium again. This successfully accomplished Kloeckner was ultimately able to land smoothly in the valley of Saalfolden near Zell am See.—Trans-
Ocean.
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