HIGH-FLYING PLANE
German Research Machine STRONG, AIRTIGHT CABIN Berlin, March 15. The Junkers Company is building a special aeroplane capable of reaching an altitude of 50,000 feet, for purposes of research in the currents of the upper air. Test flights of from 24,000 to 36,000 feet will try the effectiveness of the airtight, double-walled cabin wherein the crew will operate the machine and sleep, the air pressure being maintained by means of a compressor.
The greatest height yet reached by man is 43,166 feet, to which Lieutenant Apollo Soucek, of the United States Navy, climbed on June 4, 1930.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 147, 18 March 1931, Page 9
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