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1st Glider Crossing

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1950

Lorne Welche12 April 1950

Science / Technology

1st to make a glider crossing across the Channel

Names involved

Lorne Welche

Provenance

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