Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-09-10 | Page 8 | Two Men Ready to Seek Altitude Record in Aluminum Balloon

Two Men Ready R ady to to Seek Seek Altitude Altitude Re Record in in- in Aluminum Balloon AUGSBURG Bavaria Savaria Sept 10 United P Auguste Augusta Pi card band and h lila I tant planned d to tep into their thir lumin aluminum balloon today to attempt to ascend higher in into o th the air aJr than any ny man an e ever er went before The rhe lie Bruss Brussels 18 pr professor r Whose plans for scientific study of the thera ra er have ve attracted the the- att attention of at scientists throughout through through- out the continent said his hs flight depended de de- de- de entirely on weather condl condl- All preparations for Cor the tho experiment ex ex- have havo been completed Pro Professor expects to reach art an altitude de of abo about tl ton cn mites or ort orI orto t to ro o miles higher than n the tho present pr altitude record for m man mn n. n and his Alth Although ugh the professor aide ata Charles Kipper were confident confident dent debt th they y would encounter no great greal danger It was pointed out out- by other scientists that there thero arc re three chief h hazards to tho the experimenters First the balloon will wm encounter the danger of of- freezing at a ten mile height Professor Plc ard said however he had made complete I preparations preparation to keep the int Interior of ot the balloon balt cin warm enough for himself himself himself him him- self and KIpfer Second the thin shell of the alumInum alum alum- mum ba basket ket might easily collapse In n answer to this the thc Brussels profess professor pro- pro fess fessor r point pointed d out ut that the tho b basket which la Is six al feet teet In diameter has hns walls several millimeters thick and windows provided with special glass glas Third the tho b balloon may prove provo al almost almost almost al- al most Imp impossible to control anc and might fall tall at t. great speed v Professor Protes Soc sor 5 Jr Picc rd pointing out that the balloon lies has a R. capacity of oC cu cubic cubic cu- cu bic Mc meters discounted the tho specula specula- tion lion The balloon has hils windows to permit permit per Vcr mit use of special Instruments for measuring cosmic radiation and IonIzation of ot tho the air