Show BUILDING AIRPLANES TO TRAVEL IN stratosphere france and germany work in great secrecy washington germany has kept abreast with france in the construction of an airplane for traveling to in the stratosphere tar far above the earth at an exceedingly hl high h speed manufacturers of this type of plane visualize it making a trip across the atlantic to new york flying ten miles high to in live or six hours thus revolutionizing all present modes of airplane travel both the french and the german machines the latter built by tile the german junkers firm in dessau were constructed secretly A general description of the german plane has been forwarded to the commerce department here the ends of the ings are pointed and the fuselage Is long the width of the ship from wing tip to win wing tip Is 30 feet the plant flies slowly at low altitudes but is capable of making miles an hour at high altitudes or better the construction Is of the all metal low deck type with one built in junkers SOO horse power motor of the L sa type to supply oxygen to the motor in the rarefied atmosphere in which the plane will fly the motor is equipped with a bellows arrangement the pilot and his assistant will occupy a low pressure sealed chamber into which oxygen will be pumped instead of the usual cabin the air pressure in this chamber will be artificially increased to correspond with the increase in the pressure of the air at high altitudes preliminary trial flights are expected to be made soon |