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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase MAKES NEW HEIGHT RECORD, 30,700 FEET; Roland Rohlfs Smashes American Mark and ApproachesThat of Cas... [PDF]
An altitude of 30,700 feet was reached by Roland Rohlfs, chief test pilot for the Curtiss Engineering Corporation, according to his barograph, in a flight from Roosevelt Field yesterday afternoon. He started the flight at 2:33 o'clock and landed at 5:28....View free preview
Julyy 31, 1919 - Front Page
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase Rohlfs Hurt in Trial Flight for Air Race; His Machine Turns Turtle on Etampes Field [PDF]
ETAMPES, France, Sept. 26 (Assoeiated Press).--Roland Rohlfs, one of the American entrants, for the James Gordon Bennett International Aviation Cup, to be raced for here Tuesday, crashed to the ground while flying his Texas Wildcat airplane in practice th...View free preview
Septembertember 27, 1920 - Front Page
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase ROHLFS WILL TRY FOR NEW ALTITUDE; Holder of American Record, Made Last Week, Hopes to Attain 33,000... [PDF]
Roland Rohlfs, the holder of the American altitude record, which he made last Wednesday afternoon at Roosevelt Field, when he piloted a Curtiss triplane to a height of 30,700 feet, will endeavor to make a new record for altitude tomorrow afternoon....View free preview
Augustust 3, 1919 - Article
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase CHARLES ROHLFS, DESI6HER, IS DEAD; Manufacturer, 83, Is Credited With Ha;ving Originated Mission Fu... [PDF]
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Julyy 1, 1936 - Obituary
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase ROHLFS MAKES NEW RECORD; Climbs 19,500 Feet in 9 Minutes 42 2-5 Seconds. [PDF]
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Septembertember 20, 1919 - Article
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase ROHLFS BEATS ALL ALTITUDE RECORDS; Aviator Ascends to Height of 34,610 Feet in Flight Above Long Is... [PDF]
Flying his Curtis "Wasp" type triplane, with a 12-cylinder 400-horsepower Curtiss motor, Roland Rohifs, test pilot for the Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company, yesterday broke the world's altitude record, when, at Roosevelt Field, he reached the height of ...View free preview
Septembertember 19, 1919 - Front Page
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase WHY ROHLFS QUIT AVIATION.; Former Holder of Altitude Record Yields to Wife and Mother. [PDF]
BUFFALO, Feb. 13.--Roland Rohifs, once, holder of the world's altitude record, who has abandoned aviation, for the present at least, to become an automobile salesman for a Buffalo company, let it be understood tonight that...View free preview
Februaryruary 14, 1921 - Special to The New York Times. - Article
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase Altitude Records in the Light of Fable; Alexander the Great in His Gryphoplane Ascended, It Is Esti... [PDF]
WHEN Roland Rohlfs started out recently in his Curtiss Wasp and kept his "stick" shoved hard back until his barograph registered 34,610 feet, or about six and a half miles, the world conceded that a new altitude record was set, and that......View free preview
Octoberober 5, 1919 - By ROGER SHERMAN LOOMIS. - Article
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase NA K. GREEN DIES; NOTED AUTHOR, 88; 'The Leavenworth Case' in '78 Followed by 36 Other Books -- Wif... [PDF]
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Aprilil 12, 1935 - Obituary
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Article available with TimesSelect subscription or for purchase BREAKS ALTITUDE RECORD.; Roland Rohifs Flies to a Height of 31,100 Feet. [PDF]
