THE UPPER AIR.
RECORD ASCENT.
British Balloonists Aim At
17 Miles.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH,
(United-F.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
LONDON, November 4.
Plans are maturing for a British balloon, ascent in the interests of scientific research to a height of from 15 to 17 miles above the earth, compared with Professor Piccard's recent record of 10 miles. Messrs. Eustace ana Oswald Short, who have been building aeroplanes since 1909,"wi1l make the attempt, accompanied by a scientific observer, in the largest balloon the world has ever seen.
They will ascend probably from. Cardington. They expect to reach the maximum height in on© hour, and-to complete their observations in a few hours. They will not ascend until there is a dead calm on the earth, with a probable .eastward wind in the upper air, in order that the drift may be toward the Continent
instead of the Atlantic.
START POSTPONED. MOLLIS ON AFTER RECORD. LONDON, November 4. Mr. J. A. Mollison, the holder of the Australia-Britain flight record, flew, to Lympne yesterday, but postponed his intended etart on an attempted record flight to Capetown.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 262, 5 November 1931, Page 7
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