The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14

Hight flying has lately proved SO In
teresting that 1t fascinates both the as:Ator and
the scientist 1.-The Roof of the World" Is evil
IDENTIFY most astounding place And as 1t is dam
gerOus thing to try reach It, 1t Is just the place
that the daring want to try to reach. A scientist
worth his salt is with imagination
and that Imagination is busy these days with con-
ditions super terrestrial.
What little 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
hour. Also there are indications of rise in tenn
perature after certain altitude is passed of belts
Of mysterious gases and vapors, and of other
strange phenomena all of which combine to make
a trip to the outer edge of the atmospheric ocean
surrounding this planet the most romantic and
alluring Of all voyages attempted by man.
So ii Is small wonder that planes made for
specially 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 accomplished fact.
but 1t seems to be well on the way. Major Schroe-
der, having recovered from the effects Of his
cent 36OOO-fOOt flight Is said to be interested In
the construction of such q machine in which he
hopes to reach the altitude of $4,000 feet. 1t is
further reported that Louis Breguet, a French
aeronautcal engineer, has announced that
CINE has been perfected capable of ascending 1OO,-
600 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 avn
ator and the machinery ITSELF
.sTbe 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 D. Prince
From what already has experienced In
his attempts to pierce the heights he has learned
that some form of protection not yet devised Is
necessary Something designed along the lines of
the submarine would seem to be what is needed.
1.-THE inclosed cabin for the aviator suggests It.
self as the most sensible scheme Sitting in this
alright compartment. he would be within easy
reach of the levers controlling the mechanism and
regulating the supply Of oxygen needed by HIM
self we'll as by the super chargers by which air
at sea level pressure Is fed 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 the rarefed at
mospheres he could push his way into Levels now
beyond his reach"
What is 1t like up there among the stars. or
even q little lover down?
Some things know already.
We know. for example. thar some distance above
the earth's atmospheric envelope" but below that
stratum of 'inlammable air. which science has
to east with .unfailing regularity; and we know,
too and this Is more reassuring. that nj that
level It Is far less cold than had long been sup
posed.
For some OF this knowledge we are indebted to
scientists like NJ. de Bort. discoverer OF what is
called Inversion of temperatures" and Tor the
rest to tur own courageous aviators. and to bal