Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-04-28 | Page 6 | World's Altitude Record is Made |

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Date	1916-04-28
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
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Article Title	World's Altitude Record is Made
Type	article
Date	1916-04-28
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Page	6
OCR Text	Show WORLD'S ALTITUDE RECORD IS MADE M London, April 28, 2:58 a. m. Harry H C Hawker made a world'B altitudo H record In an aeroplano at Brocklands H Wednesday, according to an an- H nouncement made by the aero club H here. Hawker ascended to a height H Df 2408 feot, H The greatest height attained by any j ftviator was J25.7&0 feet by Heinrich H Delerich, a German aviator, in 1914. H this feat, however, according to avail- Hl fcble data, has not been recognized by 1 bie Royal Aero club. In 1916 Haw- H car made a new British .altitude rec- H nO. by ascending 20,000 feet, the pre- vlous record having been 14,500 feet. 00 !
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