Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-25 | Page 2 | Lindbergh Doffs Coat to Aid Testing of Automatic Steering Strato Rockets

Lindbergh Doffs Coat to Aid Testing I Of Automatic Steering Strata Rockets I ROSWELL N. N M. M Sept 25 U UThe UP Ri The The success of oC automatic steerIng steering steer steer- ing of rockets at miles an hour spurred Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind- Lind Lind Lind- bergh today as h ho he doffed dotted his coat and lent manual assistance to to the Goddard experiments for conquering con con- g aviation's next frontier frontier- the stratosphere Colonel Lindbergh mingled with the staff of ot Dr Robert H. H Goddard God- God Goddard Goddard dard 52 Massachusetts scientist in the laboratory and at 1st at a desert fc c cannon cross non cross between a Windmill wIndmill wind windmill mill tower and an oil derrick The colonels colonel's companion Harry F. F Gugg Guggenheim nhe m New York financier financier mancier finan man cier pledged new funds from h hi his s family's foundation foundation for lor the the After a Guggenheim-Goddard Guggenheim statement recounted progress of ot preliminary tests Guggenheim commented comment d simply that ho he and Lindbergh would be aroi aro for lor awhile Conjecture Immediately developed developed developed devel devel- as to wh whether t er the distingUished distinguished distinguished distin distin- visitors were waiting to witness a n. full sized demonstration t tion on by a long foot projectile of the vertical flight theory evolved by Dr Jr q Goddard in firing g 30 smaller rockets In the ithe formal language Of dt the statement nt during the coming year the research will be carried further The Tho scientist and his patron patrons patron's s 's summarized Goddard's end endeavors since 1907 how the late Daniel Guggenheim became interested in 1929 through Lindbergh how liquid oxygen a and ard d gasoline pr propelled pro propelled rockets were shaped and a remote con control rol system for launchIng launch launch- Ing rockets was perfected Finally Final FinaI ly y since sinco 1934 came numerous flights in which a vertical direction direction tion was maintained by a a gyroscope gyroscope gyro gyro- scope at milc an hour Up to ton n speeds cr-speeds have not been so it nor distances greater re fer than a R. few Jew thousand fc t but the scientists were pictured on the tHreshold of climactic tests teats instrument laden rock rockets soarIng soaring soaring soar soar- soar soar- ing into great heights with parachutes para para- parachutes parachutes para para- chutes insuring their return with precious data It fIt is of utmost Importance to o science said the ethereal explorers ex e to obtain data In regions regions' I exceeding 30 miles in height where electrical phenomena in including including in- in eluding ionization and the reflection reflection reflection tion of radio waves take pla place e Stratosphere balloons now are limited to about 11 miles n At noon Lindbergh and and Guggenheim heim helm took off in Lindbergh's ergh's plane for an unannounced ced desti desti- nation bea headed ed into the northwest It appeared likely that Colonel Lindbergh would fly lly north to the transcontinental commercial flying flying fly fly- ing line line- for lor which he is an ad advisor advisor ad- ad visor and perhaps ps chart his c course near Albuquerque N. N M. M