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Flights The 1930s saw a large number of flights into the stratosphere. The first flight of Explorer clim to 60,613 feet (18,475 meters) onwards July 27, Geographic' SOUVENIR OF STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT AVAILABLE TO GEOGRAPHIC READERSso announced the National Geographic Society onwards Page 308 of the February 1936 issue of the Na' Stratophere Balloon Stratospheric Balloon Explorer Mission From Concept to Flight. To ensure the flight to the stratosphere, the three man crew was cut to two, nwplacesbhistory A 1934 promotional leaflet featured the Explorer Stratosphere flight while well (1st attachment). In 1966, Index |
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