KH Metals and Supply has been serving the Inland Empire in the same location since 1941. Family owned and operated we pride ourselves on service, but that in its self would not be enough. Put that with our huge inventory of metal products (Aluminum, Brass, Cold Finished Steel, Copper, Hot Rolled Steel, and Stainless Steel) in a variety of configurations (Angle, Flat Bar, Plate, Sheet, Round Bar, Square Bar, Pipe, and Tube). Now that’s impressive! Add to that a retail store full of industrial hardware (Fasteners, Pipe Fittings, Hand & Power Tools, Trailer & Truck Equipment, Casters, Spray Paint & Lubricants) WOW! If you only walk through the door one time and look around, you will be back. Time is money and we won’t waste your time.

To prepare for an attempt at the record, Harris spent five years working his way ever higher. First, he soared to 20,000 ft and then 35,000 ft. Twice he topped 38,000 ft and during the spring of 1985, he reached 40,000 ft. Harris made all of these flights after taking off from an airport near the town of Independence in the Owens Valley region of central California and soaring above the mighty Sierra Nevada Mountains. Shortly before 1 p.m. on February 17, 1986, a tow plane hauled Harris and the Grob-102 Standard Astir III aloft. He unhooked the towline and soon found weak lift that he worked to an altitude of 35,000 ft. Strong lift then pushed the glider up at 600-800 ft per minute. By the time he had reached 38,000 ft, frost completely covered the canopy and Harris began to fly solely by reference to his instruments. At 42,000 ft, his eyes began to water but the teardrops froze and immediately formed ice cobwebs. Even five layers of clothing could not insulate him from temperatures that dropped to minus 65-70 degrees F inside the cockpit. A failing oxygen system forced him to stop his record climb at 49,009 ft and he returned triumphantly to earth using backup oxygen.