The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-06-17

teresting that Il fasclnates both the aviator and
the scientist The Roof OF the World Is eNf
IDENTITY most astounding place. And as Il Is dan
gerus thing 10 try 10 reach e, q is just the place
that the daring want 10 try to reach. scientist
worth his salt Is a man with an Imagination
and that Imagination Is busy these days with con
ditions super terrestrial.
What little we know OF these upper heights
makes US keen TO know more. For example. We
know of heavy trade winds blowing many miles
above the earth AZ such terrific speed that could
they be utilized in acceierating machines men
might circle the globe several hundred miles an
hour Also there are indications Of rise In TEN
perature after certain altitude l. passed Of belts
OF mysterious gases and vapors, and Of other
strange phenomena all OF which combine 10 make
n trip to the outer edge Of the atmospheric ocean
surrounding this planet the most romantic and
alluring Of all voyages ever attempted by man.
So Il l. small wonder that planes are made for
specially constructed Hirplanes. designed 70 meet
the conditions existing at great attitudes and 60
minimize the dangers that have hitherto rendered
high flying such hazardous undertaking The
Super Terrestrial Is not yet accomplished fact.
but II seems 20 be well the way. Major Sciiroe-
der having recovered from the effects 81 his re
cent s6Oo0foot flight i said 10 be Interested In
the construction Of such machine. In which he
hopes 10 reach the altitude Of 5000 feet. II Is
further reported that Louis Breguet. French
aeronauticai engineer. has announced that an en-
CINE has been rtrIfcte1 canAhie OF nrfehNihk a's-
GOO feet or nearly nineteen miles. and that hIght
10 that altitude il Immediately in prospect. The
main feature Of the new type Of aircraft viii be
an enclosed fuseinge or cabin 90 protect the avn
afor and the machinery itself
The super Terrestrial. would seem TO me TO
be the answer said August Post. secretary Of
the Aero Club Of America. giving the proposed
carrier the name he himself had coined, quoted
In the New York Tribune by Arnold u. Prince
A..
his attempts TO pierce the heights he has learned
that some form Of protection not yet devised IL
necessary Something designed along the lines %
the submarine would seem 10 h. what f. needed.
The ineiosed cabin Tor the aviator suggests ~
self as the most sensible scheme. sitting 10 this
alright compartment. be- would b. within easy
reach of The levers controlling The mechanism and
regulating the Supply u oxygen nesded By him
self as vel a. by the super chargers BY which air
AZ sea erei pressure + fed % The carburetors
In altitude niehts-
ne would not only he safeguarsied against the
physical harisiiips which have beaten hlm hack
heretofore but with adjustable prupeilers capable
~ Increasing their purchase on the rarehed At
mosphercs be- could push his way into Levels now
what = n IKE Up there among the STAR or
even a little lower down.
some things know already.
We know. for example. that some distance above
the earth's atmospheric envelope. but below that
stratum Of -Infammable air" which science has
discovered are trade winds which blow from west
10 east with unfafling regularity; and,we know.
too and THIS i even more reassurng. that NJ that
level II Is far less cold than had long been sup
posed
For some Of this knowledge are Indebted TO
scientists Ike NJ &c Bort discoverer Of what Is
called Inversion Of temperature and for the
po.f to our own courageous aviators. and to bal