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High Altitude Flying

High Altitude Flying IN the later stages of the War, aerial maouvres at high altitude became increasingly frequent for welldefined reasons, and, since the War, the tendency has been to provide certain types of aircraft capable of a rapid climb to heights in excess of 25,000 ft. Much work on highaltitude flying has been done in this and other countries, and notably in the United States, where the present height record of 43,166 ft. is held. This climb was achieved on June 4, 1930, by Lt. Soucck, U.S.N. in an Apache aeroplane. The previous record of 41,794 ft. was held by a German pilot, Willy Neuenhofen, flying a Junkers monoplane. What these figures mean and how they were calculated need not be discussed, for the heights are so huge as to make any comment unnecessary, and when the difficulties of maintaining engine power, effective breathing, necessary warmth of the pilot, and the freedom of controls in temperatures approximating to 90 deg. F. of frost are considered, the performances stand out as unique in technical skill and physical endurance. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Emerald Publishing

High Altitude Flying

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Emerald Publishing
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0002-2667
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10.1108/eb029386
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IN the later stages of the War, aerial maouvres at high altitude became increasingly frequent for welldefined reasons, and, since the War, the tendency has been to provide certain types of aircraft capable of a rapid climb to heights in excess of 25,000 ft. Much work on highaltitude flying has been done in this and other countries, and notably in the United States, where the present height record of 43,166 ft. is held. This climb was achieved on June 4, 1930, by Lt. Soucck, U.S.N. in an Apache aeroplane. The previous record of 41,794 ft. was held by a German pilot, Willy Neuenhofen, flying a Junkers monoplane. What these figures mean and how they were calculated need not be discussed, for the heights are so huge as to make any comment unnecessary, and when the difficulties of maintaining engine power, effective breathing, necessary warmth of the pilot, and the freedom of controls in temperatures approximating to 90 deg. F. of frost are considered, the performances stand out as unique in technical skill and physical endurance.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology – Emerald Publishing

Published: Apr 1, 1931

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