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jet airliners, she made many flights as an FTO in unpressurised Comets, sometimes up to 40,000 feet. It was known that the aircraft had broken up in flight while flying above 25,000 ft. In her own words "We flew about waiting for the windows to blow out." The following year Burns was awarded the
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problems and on the measurement of the loads imposed on aircraft structures during flight. Other wartime tasks included the development of windscreen wipers for bombers and the double windscreen enclosing a supply of warm air to improve visibility. During this time she made test flights in many types
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for their gliding achievements. In 1963 she claimed the women's world record for speed over a 500 km triangular course of 103.33 km/h. In 1966 she became
British Gliding Champion, the first woman to hold the title. She received many other awards for gliding achievements including the
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By 1961 she held 10 of the 11 UK women's records including the current altitude record of 10,550 metres (34,610 ft). In breaking the altitude record in South Africa she had entered the base of a
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Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
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Journal of the
Society of Oxford University Engineers
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424:Pellew, Anne; Southwell, R. V. (1 November 1940).
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481:(with Elmar R. Reiter) vol. 23, March 1966.
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479:Journal of American Meteorological Society
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564:"Sport and Business: New Gliding Records"
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19:For other people with the same name, see
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284:Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
128:She did research work under Professor
1207:British women aviation record holders
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306:Anne Burns died on 22 January 2001.
1257:People educated at The Abbey School
1247:Alumni of St Hugh's College, Oxford
1232:Lilienthal Gliding Medal recipients
595:"Anne Burns Wins Gliding Nationals"
338:Jarrett, Philip (2 February 2001).
226:during the war, Anne Burns took up
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430:Proceedings of the Royal Society
84:as an engineer and an expert in
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116:in 1936. She also won a hockey
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1237:Glider flight record holders
1197:20th-century women engineers
574:(2864): 173. 30 January 1964
146:Royal Aircraft Establishment
104:, Reading, and then went to
82:Royal Aircraft Establishment
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1217:English aerospace engineers
799:Don Luis Vicente Juez Gomez
262:Trophy on 28 April 1960 by
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506:"The Woman Engineer Vol 8"
374:"The Woman Engineer Vol 5"
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187:Royal Aeronautical Society
160:of military aircraft from
134:Rayleigh-Benard convection
100:, Yorkshire. She attended
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203:English Electric Canberra
106:St Hugh's College, Oxford
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1227:Britannia Trophy winners
714:Lilienthal Gliding Medal
340:"Obituaries: Anne Burns"
287:Lilienthal Gliding Medal
224:military assault gliders
192:She became an expert on
120:and squash 'Half Blue'.
96:Anne Pellew was born in
1212:British women engineers
657:Sailplane & Gliding
222:Although she had flown
138:Air Transport Auxiliary
1148:Richard 'Dick' Bradley
451:10.1098/rspa.1940.0092
150:Farnborough, Hampshire
1222:English glider pilots
264:Lord Brabazon of Tara
62:Aeronautical engineer
1126:Bob Henderson (2012)
930:George B. Moffat Jr.
194:clear-air turbulence
1252:People from Haworth
650:The Daily Telegraph
442:1940RSPSA.176..312P
350:on 3 December 2009.
244:Slingsby Skylark 3b
996:Raymond W. Lynskey
877:Hans-Werner Grosse
234:, Hampshire in an
178:de Havilland Comet
142:Ministry of Supply
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859:Lennart Stahlfors
763:Marcelle Choisnet
674:978-0-9546165-3-3
532:"Diamond Country"
405:. 8 February 2001
130:Richard Southwell
110:Oxford University
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984:Ingo Renner
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409:21 November
236:Eon Olympia
162:Tiger Moths
1176:Categories
1160:Eric Mozer
1032:Oran Nicks
948:George Lee
901:August Hug
853:Anne Burns
835:Heinz Huth
829:Paul Bikle
805:Wolf Hirth
515:23 January
383:23 January
310:References
92:Early life
86:wind shear
74:Anne Burns
30:Anne Burns
942:Hans Wolf
917:1976–2000
895:Ann Welch
756:1951–1975
721:1938–1950
631:21 August
609:22 August
578:22 August
548:22 August
289:in 1966.
148:(RAE) at
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438:Bibcode
298:Irvin's
228:gliding
218:Gliding
157:flutter
98:Haworth
43:Haworth
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