The airman wore a special air-Light sealed flying-sult, blown up to ordinary alr pressure. ' His face was screened by a visor of heavy glass, and he wore double gloves and breathed oxygen through tubes in a spherical helmet.
The cockpit of the machine w tightly sealed, The sun's glare at the tremendous heights was so dazzling that parts of the machine were paint ed black in order to prevent the pilot from being blinded, To reach a height of ten miles, Swain had to fly over 100 miles, The Air Women Out for New Flight Records Paris, Oct, 4.
Mile, Bastic, the French airwoman, has left on a trial Might to Dakar, West Africa, prepara ory to an attack on the record Aight across the south Atlantic, created by Miss Jean Batten, the New Zealand aviatrix, Meanwhile, Miss Batten hopes to leave Lympne at dawn to-morrow for New Zealand—Reuter, cold was s0 intense that all controls were fitted with ball bearings sealed compartments without grease caps, sx ordinary lubricating grease would have frozen solid.
The aeroplane and the engine, constructed by the Bristol Aeroplane Ca., were ordered by the Alr Ministry 1094 with a view to an exploration of special problems involved in the operation of aircraft and the funetioning of ireraft equipment and instruments at extreme alitudes—Reuter,
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