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              At  the  age  of  85  years  and  213  days,  he

              became the world’s oldest pilot who flew               This  Australian  singer  has  released  an
              over a distance of 3 km in a piston-engine             album ‘Smoky Writes Everyday’ at the age
              powered  autogyro  over  Norkfolk,  UK  on             of 92 years.
              16 November, 2002.



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                                                                     At the age of 69 years, this Indian aviator-
              At  the  age  of  80  years  and  166  days,  she      industrialist  broke  previous  Lindstrawd’s
              became the world’s oldest woman to make                record  of  64,997  feet  above  sea  level  by
              a  solo  parachute  jump  over  Cranfield,             sailing at 69,852 feet on a hot – air balloon
              Bedfordshire, UK in 1986.                              on 26 November, 2006.





                 This Corner

             Doris  long,  101  years  old,  is  world’s  oldest  abseiler.  She  rappled  down  557  foot  spinnaker  tower  in
             Portsmouth, England and broke her own Guinness world record in the process.


            Clue Corner

             a)  Minoru Saito (Japan)             b)  Smoky Dawson (Australia)        c)  Otto Thaning (South Africa)
             d)  Sylvia Brett (UK)                e)  Vijaypat Singhania (India)      f)   Kenneth Wallis (UK)
             g)  Tomiyasu Ishikawa (Japan)        h)  Yuichiro Miura (Japan)



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