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Getting Ready for the first world championship for radio-controlled soaring, Jack Humphreys checks out his glider near his home. He will be one of Can(...)
Getting Ready for the first world championship for radio-controlled soaring, Jack Humphreys checks out his glider near his home. He will be one of Can(...)

Getting Ready for the first world championship for radio-controlled soaring, Jack Humphreys checks out his glider near his home. He will be one of Can(...)

Date2/10/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Getting Ready for the first world championship for radio-controlled soaring; Jack Humphreys checks out his glider near his home. He will be one of Canada's three official representatives at the competition in South Africa next month. He has kept his glider aloft for 3 1/2 hours; soaring on thermal currents as high as 3;000 feet.
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