ALTITUDE RECORD
(Received October 25, 0.5 p.m.) ROME. Oct. 24 The machine in which tho Italian airman Lieutenant-Colonel Mario Pezzi established a world altitude record of 56.100 ft. had its cabin hermetically sealed. This made the use of cumbersome clothing and breathing apparatus unnecessary, and overcame the handicaps of stratosphere flights.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23178, 26 October 1938, Page 13
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