ALTITUDE FLIGHTS.
PREPARATIONS IN S. AMERICA
(Received 12.«o p.m.)
BUKXOH AYNKS, January 21
The Buljjiiin aoronnnis Mnx Cosyns iiu<l Augu«t I'u-tiird. brother of .loan Plci-urd, arc bringing their balloon, the Century I'ress, to Mnenos Ayres for the. first strntosphere flight In the southern hemisphere. After test flights they will a*»i*t in the building of an Argentine balloon With a capacity of 4JSm,OOO cuhjr feet, 3n which Major Eduardo Olivero and Father Ignaclo Pui?, the famous Jesuit ■rlontiat, will attempt to rise ,ff milee.
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Auckland Star, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 8
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