STRATOSPHERE FLIGHTS
NEW BRITISH ENGINE IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS (Received September 26. 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY. Sept. 25 The Bristol Company is working on an experimental aeroplane for flights in the stratosphere. A special highly super-charged and extremely powerful engine is being developed designed to maintain the power output at levels of •50.000 feet and more and to drive an air-screw of variable pitch. The designers now have a great deal of information about the conditions to be met with in flights at great heights, as Bristol engines have been fitted to each of the three aeroplanes which set up altitude records in recent vears.
The present record of 47,350 feet, held by Renata Donati. Italian airman, was established in a biplane equipped with a super-charged Bristol Pegasus 1100 horse-power motor.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22225, 27 September 1935, Page 11
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