The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-05-14

S0 " and the flyer from the air.
High-fyng has lately proved so in
terestng that 1t fascinates both the aviator and
the scientist. "The Roof Of the World" Is evi-
IDENTIFY most astounding place. And it is a dan
gerous thing to try to reach it. it Is just the place
that the daring want to try to reach. A scientist
worth his salt is man with Imagination
md that masinatiop "a busy these days with CON
QHQns sppeS terrestrial q
what little We know Of these upper heights
makes keen to know more For example, we
know Of heavy trade winds blowing many miles
above the earth at such terrific speed that could
they be utilized In accelerating machines, men
might circle the globe at several hundred miles an
hour. Also there are indications OF rise in tem-
perature after certain altitude is passed. Of belts
Of mysterious gases and yapors, and OF other
strange phenomena, all Of which combine to make
q trip to the outer edge Of the atmospheric ocean
surrounding this planet the most romantic and
alluring Of all voyages ever attempted by man.
30 1t IL small wonder that planes are made for
Bpecially constructed airplanes designed to meet
the conditions existing at great attitudes and to
minimize the dangers that have hitherto rendered
high flying such hazardous undertaking The
Super Terrestrial is not yet an accomplished fact
but 1t seems to be well on the way Major Schroe-
der. having recovered from the effects of his re-
cent 80, 0O0foot flight, Is said to be interested in
the construction of such a machine, in which he
hopes to reach the altitude of $4,000 feet 1t is
further reported that Louis Breguet, a French
aeronautica1 engineer, has announced that an en-
gine has been perfected capable Of ascending 1OO-
900 feet, or nearly nineteen miles, and that flight
to that altitude is Immediately in prospect The
main feature Of the new type of aircraft will be
an enclosed fuselage cabin to protect the avi-
ntor 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, as quoted :
in the New York Tribune by Arnold D. Prince. ~
From what man already has experienced in
his attempts to pierce the heights he has learned
that some form of protection not yet devised is e
necessary. Something designed along the lines of
the submarine would seem to be what is needed
"The inclosed cabin for the aviator suggests it.
self as the most sensible scheme Sitting In this
alright compartment he would be within easf
reach Of the levers controlling the mechanism and
regulating the supply of oxygen needed by him
self as well as by the super chargers by which air
at sea level pressure is fed to the carburetors
in altitude flights. =
He would not only be safeguarded against the
physical hardships which have beaten him back
heretofore but with adjustable propellers capable
OF increasing their purchase on the rarefied at
mospheres, he could push his way into levels now
beyQpd hls rsash' iszss...ars4.. 80. ss.-...
What Is It IKE up there among. the stars, or.
even a little lower DOWN. - - - -
Some things we know already. z-s,.5 q
We know for example, that some distance above.
the earths atmospheric envelope" but below that
stratum Of 'infammable air. which SCIENCE has
discovered, are trade winds which blow from weAx
to east with unfailing regularity; and we knowyS.
too, and this is reassuring that at that
level 1t is far less cold than had long been srp s
posed
4 For some of this knowledge we are indebted to'
scientists like NJ. de Bort discoverer Of what is
rest to our own courageous aviators. and to- ball.