Glider record still soars 50 years laterPIERS FULLER/STUFF Masterton pilot Doug Yarrell talks about what it was like to set the world gliding altitude record 50 years ago. Fifty years ago Doug Yarrell found it hard to celebrate flying a glider higher than anyone else in the world; he was too bloody cold. PIERS FULLER/STUFF Masterton pilot Doug Yarrell with the oxygen mask he wore while achieving his world record. PIERS FULLER/STUFF Doug Yarrell with the trophy for the Auckland Provincial Gliding Championships in 1966. Back in the late 1960s Yarrell was a keen glider pilot having won competitions all over the country.

Source: Stuff March 08, 2018 23:37 UTC