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PICTURE STORY OF STANLEY'S TAKEOFF TO SOAR 3 MILES [[?]] [[5 images in a row]] [[caption]] ON-THE-SPOT Star-Gazette cameraman caught Naval Cadet Robert M. Stanley in every phase of the preparation for the soaring flight Tuesday which carried him to a new American altitude record of 16,300 [[?]] lease. [[?]] From the left: 1. Stanley hears some new pointers on the direction of the thermals at the morning pilots' meeting. 2. Meteorologist B.L. Wiggin of the U.S. Weather Bureau, center with head turned giving [[?]] the weather outlook. 3. Stanley receives his barograph from the weather department. 4. On the field he assists his crew in unloading the fuselage and wings of his all-metal ship, "Nomad." 5. A rap or two [[?]] and a wing is seated and locked in place. Now Turn to Page Two. [[/caption]] STAR-GAZETTE [[?]] W [[?]] U.S [[?]] Tonight [[?]] Thursday: 8 [[?]] For D [[?]] Full Leased Wire Services Associated Press and United Press Cardinal [[?]] Rene [[?]]