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Show Preparing for Another Stratosphere Flight Establish Camp in South Dakota Preparations for another flight Into the stratosphere are being made by the National Geographic society and the United States army. A camp is now under construction near Rapid City, S. D. In the photograph, army trucks are shown unloading equipment, marking first activities at the camp scene. The American record for stratosphere strato-sphere flights was set by Lieut. Com. T. G. Settle, U. S. N., and Maj. C. L. Fordney of the marine corps at Akron, Ohio, on November 30, 1934. While Russian balloonists are said to have exceeded the American record of 61,-237 61,-237 feet, their flight ended disastrously. disas-trously. Those sponsoring the flight this year hope that new and valuable data on a number of scientific subjects may be gained. |