Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1913 — Dangerous Flight [ARTICLE]

Dangerous Flight

Even if man is able to make a fiy- -- machine which will bear him safely aloft for hours at a time. It seems likely that the limitations -f his physical make-up will keep him from following the path of the eagh and soaring to a great altitude. Recently two German aeronauts started On an upward expedition to see how far they could go above the earth’s surface. They wore oxygen masks. When they reached a height of 16,000 feet they had to Inhale oxygen every two minutes. as they "ere beginning to gasp for breath, and had palpitation of the heart. When a height of nearly 27,000 feet was reached, one aeronaut removed his mask and immediately fainted; The air was intensely cold, the glare of the sun almost terrifying. After they returned to earth, It was two days or more before they were physically In a normal condition.