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A-6 *** [[top margin]] Aug. 13, 1931 [[top margin]] THE EVENING [[top margin]] Star [[top margin]]

U.S. GLIDERS SET ENDURANCE MARKS

Hastings and Holderman Win at Elmira—Capital Pilot Trails.

By the Associated Press.
ELMIRA, N.Y., August 13—The establishment of two American glider duration records was announced today by officials of the National Glider Association, after calibrating the barographs of Albert E. Hastings of Los Angeles and Mrs. Russel Holderman of Leroy.
A brisk wind, which broke a long period of calm yesterday, gave nearly every one of the threescore entrants in the gliding, soaring and duration contests a chance to compete. 
A new duration record was set by Hastings with an official time of 7 hours and 30 mins, a minute and a half over the official time of J.H. (Bud) Stickler of New York. 

Breaks Women's Record
Mrs. Holderman kept her glider in the air for 45 minutes, beating the women's record of 25 minutes established on the West Coast by the late "Peaches" Wallace.
Mrs. Holderman and Mrs. Ralph S. Barnabee of Washington, who yesterday made the necessary "qualifying" flights of 10 minutes, are the only women holders of earned Class B licenses. Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh has an honorary license from the Glider Association.
The official reading gave Martin Schemp of Pittsburgh a distance flight of 20 miles, 1 mile short of the record. 
Stickler soared into the lead yesterday by returning to the launching field nearly seven hours and a half after he took off South Mountain into a spanking wind.
Stickler missed by less than a minute and a half the mark established by Albert S. Hastings of Los Angeles, Calif., in winning the Edward S. Evans Trophy last year. Hastings yesterday bettered Stickler's time by more than a minute, but was disqualified because he landed at the Elmira airport and not at the launching field.

Veteran Defeated.
Wallace Franklin of Detroit, Mich., another veteran glider expert, also bowed to the youngster who qualified for his glider pilot license earlier this week.
Stickler is a member of the United States Volunteer Air Service and is employed in Washington, D.C.
A wind during the afternoon gave the pilots their first opportunity during the week and a half of the meet to try for records. At one time 15 gliders and sail planes, the greatest assemblage of the crafts in the country, soared above the roofs of Elmira.

List Other Flights
Other endurance flights yesterday included A.B. Schultz, Detroit, 5 hours; B.W. Wilson, Detroit, 4 hours. A.C. Haller, Pittsburgh, was forced down at Pine City by illness.
Mrs. Russell Halderman of Leroy established a new world record for endurance for women with a flight of 47 minutes. The previous record was 25 minutes.
Mrs. Halderman and Mrs. Ralph S. Barnaby of Washington became the only women in the United States to qualify for the class C glider pilot license with flights of 10 minutes each yesterday. The license held by Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh is honorary. 


Wins Glider License

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Mrs. Ralph S. Barnaby of this city.