UP TO THE LIMIT
PROFESSOR PICARD'S RECORD.
Paris, July 16.
Because no existing apparatus registers a higher altitude, the International Aeronautical Federation announces that it can recognise only 52,600 feet as Professor Picard’s maximum height in his recent balloon ascent, though the federation admits that he must have gone much higher. In any case, he has the satisfaction of knowing that until more delicate instruments have been devised his record cannot be. officially beaten.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19310725.2.128
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 9
Word Count
74UP TO THE LIMIT Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in