On this day in 1979, Sabrina Patricia Jackintell broke the world record for altitude for gliders by soaring in her Grob Astir CS, a 50ft-span, to an altitude of 12,637m / 41,460 ft above Pikes Peak in Colorado. Rising at 4,267m/14,115ft above sea level, Pikes Peak is mostly renowned for its annual car race and cog railway. The record still holds to this day for female category.

#onthisdayinaviation , Astir , aviation , Chantilly , G 102 , Grob , NASM , National Air & Space Museum , Smithsonian , Udvar Hazy Center , Udvar-Hazy Center , USA , Virginia

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Robin MORET

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Sunday 25 July 2010

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Tuesday 12 February 2019

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