Aeroplane Altitude Record

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 8, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 35.

Aeroplane Altitude Record

The altitude record for aeroplanes is 26,246 feet, and was set this summer by the German aviator Heinrich Oelrich. This far surpasses the mountaineering record of 24,015 feet; but it can hardly be hoped that the balloon record of 37,000 feet will be equaled in this way, until means are devised for maintaining vitality at normal in such altitudes. Man's conquest of that most unruly of elements, the air, seems to be fairly begun when such feats are performed, and when the aeroplane has firmly established itself as a machine of everyday utility in military operations.