Show Oxygen Tank Aids American Aviation Officer In Establishing New Worlds World's Altitude Record Washington Oct C- C C. MaJ bJ Gen William I L. L Kenly Kenh director o of military aeronautics h has s made mado public an nn Interesting interesting Inter Inter- esting document describing the tho feat of ot Capt K rt W W. Schroeder Tho The captain recently set a new cw ew worlds world's record for tor altitude flying when ho ascended 8 S- S feet Ceet above o cea ta level le from tho the WIbur Wilbur Wil WI- 11 bur Wright n la aviation lon field at nt Dayton D O. O Tho recI has hns been con confirmed h by bythe bythe the war department In the tho report Captain Schroeder says In order to take tee nn an airplane to a n higher altitude than any my other pilot In itt th the world wand I foi fO ml that it Il would re require re- re quire Quiro more than ono one or two attempts I I ma made o thra attempts Tho The first ono took mo me to feet tho the second to feet and the tho Ins lun t one ono to 2800 feet but now no noI I feel teel certain that I can cnn I Icet iet to feet feet- I Tho cold thin air Is ones one's greatest s I adversary First of or all ono must make maleo a stud study of ot the tho performances of or his motor motor motor mo mo- tor at these thee hl high h altitudes eR I took tock oft off at 1 l. l 5 p. p in m. WednesdayS Wednesday September 18 13 and ond made a steady circular climb passing through at fe feet t 1000 feet and feet teet Arc tre At At feet teet wh while still climbing m bl n nIn In large clr circles m my goggles o bles became I frosted making makini It yer very difficult forme forme for tor me mp to watch m my m Instruments nl Wh When n nI I I. I reached feet teet I noticed the sun growing er very dim I could hardly hardt hoar hear and ami I felt hungry hung The m my motor er very I trend of ot m my thought was wa as that It must I be getting late lat that evening c must be becoming becoming coming on but I was still climbing so thought I might a as well stick slick to It a si little Ion longer er for I know knew I could reach my ceiling pretty prell soon that I should go down and even on th though it wore dark I could land all nn right for tor I had made mado night landings many time h br- br foro oro So I went vent to to myself and nd this I felt was a n good sign to be begin begin begin be- be gin taking or oxygen n and I didI dillI lId dill I I was wa then over o 2000 feet teet and as soon as I started to Inhale the oxygen the sun grew bright again my motor began to exhaust so 80 loud louet that it seemed something must mint be bo wron wrong with it ft I was as n ni n longer on er hungry rho Tho day seemed to bo ho n. n most beautiful ono one I felt Colt like with sheer jO Joy as I ned Kared about through tho tio small portion of ot m my Go goggles les which had no frost due to a a. drop of oC oil which had splashed on them from tho the motor Mercury U 1 32 12 I kept at nt It until my oxygen gave e a out and at that point I noticed cd my aneroid In indicated Yer very nearl nearly feet foot The thermometer showed 32 12 de degrees degrees de- de grees below zero Centigrade and the tho revolutions per minute had dropped from 1600 to 1560 This Is considered very r good But the lack of or oxygen was wan affecting me I was ns beginning to get et cross eros an and I could coul not understand wh why I was only 2000 feet teet up lp after Arter climbing climbing- for tor so 50 lon long I remember that the horizon seemed to b h. h he ver very much out of or place but I felt that I was flying correctly and that I Ivas vas was right and the tho horizon was wrong About this time the motor quit I Iwas Iwas Iwas was out of ot gasoline so o I descended in a largo larSe spiral piral When I descended to about feet teet I 1 b began gan to feel much better an and realized that the of ot oxygen had affected mo mc I passed down through the tue clouds at feet teet and as I remember It was snowing snowing snow snow- ing from these do clo mis upon the n next layer some feet teet below I am not positive of ot this as I ma may have o been affected by the lack of ot oxygen en I noticed noticed noticed no no- as s I descended that the the- theair air seemed to be bo very thick and stuffy stutt but very cry nice and warm I did not see ace seethe seethe the ground from tram tho time I T went up through th the the- clouds above Dayton Daton until I camo caine down through them again at feet above o Canton over miles from where I started Lands 0 O. O K I nt In Last t tI J I 1 was lost beyond a n doubt with r lead dead engine over OYer very rough country countr I 1 lan landed ed O. O K and broI broke broko o the tip of ot m my propeller which was standing vertical when I r rolled Into a depression In tho the er I old lid not nose over o or do O an any other damage to the tho plane or myself I flew back bacle to Dayton with a new propeller I Tho The signal corps Is It a practice to supply aviators n who have havo to go o to great grent altitudes with tanks of or oxygen such Buch as tho the one Captain Schroeder use used in his record breaking fi flight i gh t. t It has been announced that er e every pilot in the American AmerIca army who goes gOCR aloft over o the German lines Jines In combat or bombing planes will carry United States mado matlo oxygen tanks s with suf BUt air for tor six to eight hours' hours breathing Pilots and observers in planes on photographic work Worl also will carr carry them on clear days when such work vork Is carried o on at 1000 feet teet or higher Antiaircraft guns force torce aviators to high altitudes Oxygen Supply Tho normal atmosphere near the surface of ot tho the earth contains about 21 pe per cent of ot oxygen and 79 per cent cont of- of nitrogen At feet Ceet the tho density of or tho air has KO o diminished that each cubic foot toot contains only half haIr tho the amount of or oxygen found At t sea level The few pilots able to continue for any length of ot time beyond or feet teet have havo n a son sense lie of or lack of ot air all and anti Involuntarily open their mouths to get m more ro air The breath becomes quicker and deeper The Ibe heart beatH taster faster and faster A pilot may my not feel any marked Inconvenience in inConvenience In- In convenience for tor or a short time before this emergency method of ot getting air which h nature provides gives ches out Ho lie may feel teel perfectly fit tit and well but ho Is not so BO efficient as whoa when near the thc ground Ills IIii reaction becomes slower Blower he lie uses lon longer er time limo to jUd Judge e distances to aim alm his hll guns to fire and to ma ma- his ship although ho he Is not conscious of or this Impairment Ho lie will dizzy but perfectly hapP happy hap hap- P py though as a matter of ot fact tact he has lost his Judgment and If It he attempts to stay at these a altitudes he will wiil gradually grad grad- pass Into a condition of or semi semi- A crash follows Tho The oxygen t tank Is built bunt to save him from this thiB It prevents prevent him from beInG being boIng be- be Ing put pui to sl sleep ep and thus Prevents Prevent a consequent disaster to feet teet bove tho the earth I A try e. f r I ik jr II II I t I. I c I I 5 j vIc 4 Capt R. R W. W S with oxygen helmet and tind goggles |