Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1920 — Airman's Record Glide. [ARTICLE]

Alrman's Record Glide.

What is believed to be a world's record for gliding with a dead motor was accomplished at Ithaca, N.Y., in a Thomas-Morse two-seater biplane, says the Scientific American. This machine flew to the head of Cayuga lake, a distance of thirty-five miles, and having attained a height of 17,500 feet, the pilot switched off his motor and glided to Ithaca, at which point he still had 5,000 feet altitude. If his glide had been continued it is estimated that an additional fifteen miles could have been covered, making a total of fifty miles without the use of his motor. The longest glide previously recorded was that of Capt. Raynham, according to Aeronautics, when he glided from Brooklands to Hendon, in England, a distance of twenty-two miles.