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One of the participants in the Challenge International de Tourisme 1932 from Wikipedia |
(12-16-10), you will find about 686 links. With few exceptions, they simply repeat his feat of setting an altitude record in 1934. If you search for "Renato Donati" +aviation -record, you will still find about 151 links. |
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"open-cockpit unpressurized flights were risky in the extreme, and numerous close calls characterized some of the flight tests. (In September 1934, for example, Italian test pilot Renato Donati reached an altitude of 47,358 feet in an open-cockpit biplane, but had to be carried from his plane after landing in a near-comatose condition, remaining so for nearly a day)." If time permits, I think you will enjoy reading the entire article. You can access it by clicking on the title above. |
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