Show STRATO RECORD IS LIKELY TO STAND FOR SOME TIME the ciril figure of 72 ma beef f aei miles for the highest up of the national veo society united states army strato stratosphere spheres flight of november 11 recently determined ter mined by national i of standards calibration of the file sealed meteor og raph la Is a record that will probably stand for some time it la Is higher ly by not lint a mile than the figure for the 1111 1 fated soviet balloon of 1934 that crashed in landing with fatal result to 0 o its crew of three it Is more than two miles OIX A feet higher than the official record set in 13 S by the settle fordney american flight the official mw inanc of was feet the of instrument marln balloons used in weather observations do not often benefi higher wan th an the he new record for man carrying carryl ns strato balloons just announced noun ced sounding balloons or small hall balla ans pons tha thal do to not carry anything any thine but bui often go higher highlia than the new worlds record th the e ai american accord for these sounding bounding balloons dates from 1913 1013 and Is 20 miles tire the highest claimed is 13 22 miles in germany but there Is doubt about these records as there aie are rea sons s for d doubt loff 9 whether balloons can rise much beyond about 19 miles 1 seem to be the best lift bet for the future in attempts to probe farther outs out in space science service |