No. I remember it well.

The pilot was Mike Field. The BGA did not ratify the claim, and it was
later found to be fraudulent.

Mike Field had already "broken" the U.K. local height record, and the claim
had been allowed. After his "world" record was disallowed, his U.K. local
record claim was removed.

Mike Field disappeared from gliding, and I have not heard of him since.

Bob Rodwell was and is a journalist, and regularly has articles in the
aviation press. He probably wrote about the claims, no other connection.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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"Gary Boggs" wrote in message
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I've been looking through some old Soaring magazines and in the June, 1977
issue there's an article about a record flight by Bob Rodwell to 51,849
feet on March 29th of that year. Can someone tell me why that isn't the
current altitude record? Sounds like he's lucky to be alive after having
his controls mostly frozen for most of the descent. In the article it
says that after finding his spoilers frozen shut, he put his Skylark 4
into a 38,000 foot spin that had an estimated 400 turns! Is Bob still
around and is he still soaring? He would be in his late 70's now.

Gary Boggs
3650 Airport Dr.
Hood River, Oregon, USA
97031-9613