BALLOON ASCENT
SUCCESS AT WELLINGTON One of the most successful ascents by a radio-sonde from the Kelburn Observatory in Wellington was made last week when in 66 minutes a Russian balloon and its instruments floated up to a height of over 11 miles before it burst and fell, probably into the sea beyond Palliser Bay. The balloon rose to 18 kilometres in its 66 minutes' journev, but a German one, released at Kelburn at the end of May, stayed in the air for 57 minutes and rose to 18£ kilometres. Last week's ascent was the most successful that has been obtained with the Russian balloons in Wellington.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21853, 16 July 1934, Page 10
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