American Explorer Doesn't Get Far
BALLOON JIBS AT 1000 FEET Keceived Sunday, 7 p.m. CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Hopeful of piercing space to a height never before negotiated by man, Lieutenant-Commander T. G. \V. Settle swept aloft in a balloon at the Century of Pi-ogress Exposition at 2.5 a.m.. central standard time, on Saturday, for a scientific exploration of the sti-ato-sphere. He expected to rise to an altitude of about 15 miles to study the little-known cosmic rays. In five minutes the balloon was out | of sight; Settle was confident of riding safe and serene through the upper regions in a metal ball seven feet in diameter, constructed of magnesium alloy, sealed and tightly shut. Settle returned to land within ten minutes of his take-off. After attaining a height of 1000 feet he pulled the balloon's valve to level off for. a while, but the valve stuck and the ship began to drop. Settle clumped 55 bags of ballast, each weighing 40 pounds, but this did not prevent his descent. He was not injured.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 August 1933, Page 6
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