Steve Fossett gets to 50,000 ft in glider

[Captain]

See the below claim for a new altitude record.

 

50000 ft ain't bad in a glider.

 

FAI has received the following Class D (Gliders) record claim :

 

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Claim number : 14043

 

Sub-class DO (Open Class Gliders)

 

General Category

 

Type of record : Absolute altitude

 

Course/location : El Calafate (Argentina)

 

Performance : 15447 m

 

Pilot : Steve FOSSETT (USA)

 

Crew : ENEVOLDSON Einar

 

Glider : Glaser-Dirks DG-505

 

Date: 29.08.2006

 

Current record : 14 938 m (17.02.1986 - Robert R. HARRIS (1932), USA)

 

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The details shown above are provisional. When all the evidence required has

 

been received and checked, the exact figures will be established and the

 

record ratified (if appropriate).