Christian Köhler wrote:
Ron wrote:
"The greatest recorded height by any pilot without a pressure cabin
or even a pressure suit has been 49.500 feet by Britsh Sqaudron
Leader G. W. H. Reynolds, D.F.C. in a Spitfire Mark VC over Libya in
1942."


Wrong!

A sailplane reached 50,032 Feet over the sirerra nevada!

Whoops, im sorry.

The mentioned record is only 14 938 m (49.009 ft) flown by Robert R.
HARRIS (USA)

http://records.fai.org/gliding/histo...O&id2=1&id3=98

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