Under Glass

Sadi Lecointe, famous French flier, went into training to beat Lieutenant John A. Macready's altitude record, more than six and a half miles. M. Lecointe's training quarters consist of a glass chamber wherein temperature and pressure can be lowered to the equivalent of what they would be at terrific altitudes.

He stayed in 75 minutes the first day, "36,000 feet above ground," entering dressed in a light summer suit and coming out in a heavy fur coat.

While he constantly manipulated minature airplane controls, alienists outside the chamber studied his facial expressions to discover whether the unusual conditions affected him mentally.

Rising Vertically

A machine built by John A. Lynch, of Pawtucket, R. I., and Ivor Carlson of Chicago is being tested at Mineola, L. I. A 200-horse-power Curtiss airplane engine drives two propellers revolving in opposite directions and air is thrown up against a canvas cover to produce direct lift. Six feet directly upwards is the achievement thus far.