ALTITUDE RECORD

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 119, 17 February 1928, Page 9

ALTITUDE RECORD

TO BE ATTACKED BY BRISTOL MACHINE SAFEGUARDS FOR PILOT London, February 15. A single-seater Bristol “Bulldog,” specially equipped with a supercharger device, is preparing to attack Donati’s altitude record. Ihe pilot will wear electrically-heated clothing, and will also be supplied with oxygen. As. he may be unconscious at a great height, the machine is constructed to enable it to fly on a level keel and glide slowly earthward until the pilot recovers sufficiently to regain control.—A.P.A. and “Sun.” . [Donati, the Italian airman, attained a height of 38,80’2 feet in an officially supervised flight on December 23 at Turin.]

MOORINGS FOR EMPIRE AIRSHIPS London, February 15. In the House of Commons, Sir. Philip Sassoon, Under-Secretary for Air, replving to a question as to the progress of the Dominions for the erection of standard mooring masts for Empire airships, said that Canada had selected a site at St. Herbert, Montreal, and the work was already, in progress. . South Africa had not yet selected a site, but the Air Ministry had ordered the material for the mast, and work would begin as soon as the site was chosen.— A.P.A. and “Sun.”