The American Air Service; a Record of Its Problems, Its Difficulties, Its Failures, And Its Final Achievements

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The American Air Service; a Record of Its Problems, Its Difficulties, Its Failures, And Its Final Achievements
Sweetser, Arthur, 1888-1968
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B. Kelleher, climbed to 23,000 feet, where a temperature of 17 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, was encountered. The oxygen apparatus functioned well, allowing easy breathing. An idea of the power of an airplane is given by the fact that the ascent of 23,000 feet was made in 25 minutes, nearly 1,000 feet a minute.
It remained, however, for Captain R. W. Schroeder, to reach the highest altitude. His record of nearly 29,000 feet over Dayton on September 18, 1918, almost five miles above the ground
... and higher than the world's highest mountain, has been officially con- firmed. His report of his sensations and the effects of a temperature 32 degrees below zero. Centigrade (about 23 degrees below, Fahrenheit), says: The cold thin air is one's greatest adversary. First of all, one must make a study of the performance of his motor at these high altitudes. I took off at 1 :45 p. m., Wednes- 276 Digitized by LjOOQ IC THE WORK AT THE FIELDS day, September 18th, 1918, and made a steady circular climb, passing through clouds at 8,000 feet, 12,000 feet and 16,000 feet.

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