Planned Hongkong, May 16. Mr. Carl Rich, young Canadian pioneer in stratosphere research, who. arrived in Hongkong some time ago has been putting a stratosphere suit he has invented through exhaustive ud tests, and is now planning a altitude trial. After this will come a delayed parachute jump The weight of his suit is only 25 pounds, against 60 pounds for any other type of stratosphere outfit, according to Mr. Rich Other advantages are that filtered air is used instead of oxygen, which insures against the danger of oxygen poisoning; that the suit overcomes the problem of intense cold in the upper regions; and that it embodie: self-contained system for communic tion with the outside world.—Reuter
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