Altitude Flight Cured Sick Child
The high-altitude "flight taken by Amiria Elizabeth, eig'ht-months old | daughter of Mr. and l$rs. T. H. Hartley, of Tararua Rpad, Levin, | successf uily broke the child.'s j whdoping-pough, said Mrs. Hartiey this morning. . I The baby had been sufferm'g I'from.a clironic attack of whooping- ; GQUgh for the past month and on Saturday was taken to a high altitude in. a Micldle Districts' Aero Club Tiger Moth, pYlpted by Mr. ' Peter Ward; of Levin. When the • plane reaphed 12,0(30 -feet. the ! phild's cough broke for the first ! time in a jrionth. Reaching 14,200 jfeet, tlie piiot was so "cold he coiild j hardly talk. The baby, however, was well protected against the (cold. This altitude is probably the I highest any baby has been taken j to on this partjcular type of flight. t Altqgether, the plane was in the jair for one houf 20 minutfes, ta'king ! 40 minutes to reach 14,200 feet and I descending gradually. | ' ' 1 ;
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 March 1948, Page 4
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162Altitude Flight Cured Sick Child Chronicle (Levin), 1 March 1948, Page 4
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