The forthcoming wer Mount Everest has advanced ther step by. the successful testing of one of the machines and the ingenious preparations for fighting the theme cold are ala described in this copyright article Yeovil, Jan. 25, 'The Houston-Westland aeroplane that "has been equipped for' the wind at 30,000 feet was fifty miles an hour according to the Air Minisety weather report which I received before taking off. Although 1 had forming over some of my me struments and the control. column and over my face mask and goggle. mask I was perfectly warm owing to the electrically heated clothing and equipment. As a matter of fact, 1 actually had my goggles more Joften off than on because Twas and Lord Carson still is able to flight over Mount Everest reached gev'eles off at 12,000 fest and ale warm Coming down T tack' fan altitude of 35,000 feet yesterday though the temperature was. then morning. Weathe- conditions were er feet for the test and it might minus thirty degrees centigra lo the Although he leads more almost be said that the mountain Hwindsereen was so good that I did liberals than Mr. Lloyd George came to Mahomet for the tempers not feel the blast in my eyes. We to-day it may be doubted whether tures recorded at high altitudes to-twas a good directional guide, flew up and down ie coast }he will ever Succeed to a Liberal day were considerably lower than Prime Ministership: the qual will probably be experienced in the the whole it was calm and the jelouds were roughly in a radius of actual fight over Int, Everest, ties of ice and steel do not at-forty miles round Yeovil at q height tract party confidence. Supreme
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