Steve Fossett aiming to break the absolute glider altitude record
Steve Fossett, who was the first to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon on July 2, and do it in the shortest time, is now trying to break the absolute glider altitude record set by Robert Harris over California's Sierra Nevada mountains at 49,009 ft. in 1986 (AW&ST July 8, p. 34). Working...
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