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...
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