New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-05-14

High-tIying has lately proved so in
eerestIig that it fascinates both the aviator and
The scientist. The Roof of the World is evil
dehilv n most astounding place. And ms it is n dan
Serous hing Ia Try to reach it, it is just the place
chat the daring want to try to reach. \ scientist
worth hiS salt Is II 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 MS keen 10 know more. For example, we
know Of heavy trade winds blowing many miles
above the earth ut such n terrific speed that could
shey ID" utilized IN accclerating machines, men
might circle the globe AT several hundred miles an
siohr. Also there nre Indications of n rise in TEN.
perature after II certain altitude is passed. of belts
of mysterious gases and vapors, ana of other
strange phenomena, all of which combine to make
= trip Ia the outer edge of the atmospheric ocean
surrounding this planet the most romantic and
aiIurlng of all voyages ever attempted by man.
80 II is small wonder that planes are mndp for
specially constructed nirplanes, designed to meet
the conditions existing at great attitudes and to
minimize the dangers that have hitherto rendered
high lying such II hazardous undertaking. The
super Terrestrial Is not yet an accomplished fact.
nut II seems Ia be well ON the way. Major Schroe-
der, having recovered from the effects of his re-
cent foot hight, is said to be Interested I'm
the construction Of such II machine, In which he
holsss to reach the altitude of 10000 feet. II is
further reported that Louis Brcguet. a French
hcronautical engineer, has announced that an en-
CINE has been perfected capable of ascending 100
oO feet. or nearly nineteen miles. and that flight
10 that altitud" is Immediately in prospect. The
snnln feature of the new type of aircraft will be
an enclosed fuselage or cabin To protect the ayi.
ator and the machinery itself.
-"The super Terrestrial would seem TO mo to
lee the answer" said August Post, secretary of
fine Aer" club of America. giving the proposed
carrier th" name he himself had coined. as duoted
in ihc New York Tribune by Arnold u. Prince.
From what man already has experienced in
his attempts 10 pierce the heights he has learned
falat some form Of protection not yet devised is
7IccrSSary- Something designed along the lines Of
fic submarine would seem to be- what is needed
The inciu>ed cabin for the aviator suggests il.
sen rs the most sensible scheme. Sitting in this
mir tight compartment. he would be within GAS
Ie7'rE Of The levers controlling the mechanism and
III" supply of oxygen needed by him
self a. we'll IL 10y the super chargers by which mir
~ sea level pressure l. now fed 10 the carburrtors
~ altituuc Nights.
lie would not only be- safegrarded og,irs, IN,
physical harl>hips which have beaten him hack
but. with adjustable propellcrs canabIe
n increasing heir purchase on the rarpfied at-
he could push his way into levels now
beyond h> reach
What - u Ike NJ there among the stars or
wen 4 little lower DOWN
Some things w. know already.
We know. for example. that some distance ,hovo
he earthis atmospheric envelope" hut below thar
iratum Of -inflaInmablc air which science has
are trade winds which blow from west
q east with %unfailing regularity and We know.
90. aud this - even more relSSuring. that at that
il il far less cold than had long been sun.
-lsed.
For some of his knowledge we are indebted to
CHEMISTS like VI. de Bort. discoverer Of what is
allied Inversion Of temperature" and for tba
To our own courageous aviators. and TO bal