THE UPPER AIR
STORM-FREE REGIONS possibilitiesTfor aviation. Aiisi-alion end N.Z t’nble Arworintion. (Received March 11, 10.5 pm) BERLN, March 10. Profesosr Surmg, the head of the Potsdam Meteorological Institute declares that German aviators will soon be enabled to cross the Atlantic in twelve hours by using the storm-free regions in the upper air known as stratosphere at an altitude of seven miles, where, owng to the low density of the air ; it will be possible for powerful engined planes to average 280 miles per hour. The pilot and passengers will have to be housed in a special pneumatic box and constantly supplied with oxygen.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12393, 12 March 1926, Page 8
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104THE UPPER AIR New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12393, 12 March 1926, Page 8
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