AVIATOR'S EXPERIENCE
AT A HIGH ALTITUDE. ■' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ''I'lmep" and Bjflnqy. ••SBn'-'gerrlcea, ■ Berlin, July 19. The experiences of a Gornian aviator named Oejerich, at a height of '26,250 ft,, at Leipsic, suggest that any. ftirman rising higher would have to be dressed in a diver's suit and helmet to protect him against tho reduced pressure of tho atmosphere, and would also bavo to carry his own supply of air for breathHerr Oelerich found regular breathing, impossible at a height of 14,800 ft., anij was foroed to resort to oxygen paratns. At a height of over" 23,000 ft. he had experienced a feelipg of illness, and was threatened with v a fainting fit. -
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2207, 21 July 1914, Page 5
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113AVIATOR'S EXPERIENCE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2207, 21 July 1914, Page 5
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