AIR CONQUERORS.

Mataura Ensign, 20 July 1914, Page 5

AIR CONQUERORS.

ALTITUDE OF 26,250 ft. DIVER'S SUIT NECESSARY. BI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. Received Julv 20, 8.30 a.m. BERLIN, July 19. Tho experiences of a German aviator named, Oclerich, who flew to a height of 26,250 feet at Leipsiz, suggest that any airman who rises higher must be dressed in a diver's suit and helmet to protect him against the reduced pressure of the atmosphere. He will also have to carry his own supply of air for breathingT Herr Oelerich found that regular breathing was impossible after 14,800 ft had been reached, and was forced to resort to his oxygen apparatus. After reaching over 23,000 ft he experienced a feeling of illness and was threatened with a fainting fit. AUSTRALIAN AERIAL MAIL. SYDNEY, July 19. M. Guillaux (the French aviator, who carried the aerial mail from Melbourne) received an ovation on landing at the sports ground on completing the flight from Melbourne to Sydney. He delivered the aerial mail, including a letter from the Victorian Governor ( (Sir L. Stanley) to the Governor-General (Sir R. Munro-Ferguson). A FINE PERFORMANCE. Received' Julv 20, 10.15 a.m. SYDNEY, July 20. M. Guillaux's flying time for 582 miles was a little over nine hours, with an average of G4. He made seven intermediate stops. A succession, of storms, heavy rain, intense cold and the difficulty of piloting in unknown country proved serious setbacks. At various points' he ro : se to great Altitudes going up 15,000 feet to try to escape storms and the cold almost numbing him. Pie had to steer by compass on the journey between Harden and Sydney, which' was perilous. The wind was so strong and the rain beat so fiercely that sometimes lie was nearly capsized. >