21.   If the record attempt succeeds, the pair will try to press on to the edge of space, glider pilot and local liaison Bill Walker said.

22.   Maxton Air Base in Laurinburg earned its wings as a training ground for glider pilots participating in the invasion of Normandy during World War II.

23.   The civilian glider pilot was killed along with the two military pilots, one an instructor and the other a trainee.