PROFESSOR PICCARD CRASHES.
FLAMING AIRCRAFT FALLS I 11,000 FEET h“ OCCUPANT UNINJURED. > \ X }■ [ (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) NEW YORK, July IS. A message from Rochester, Minnesota, states that Professor Piccard took off for the stratosphere. His aircraft, however, was destroyed by fire but Dr. Piccard is reported as uninjured. The flaming aircraft crashed on a hillside after attaining an altitude of 11,000 feet. The instruments were saved. : Dr. Piccard- asserted that the flight was experimentally successful, and proved conclusively the feasibility of his 2000 balloon plan. His face. and hands were scratched in his swift de scent through a patch of trees in order to avoid plunging into the Mississippi river. *'• Dr. Piccard intends ; -to make a second experimental flight before attempting the record.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1937, Page 7
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