For as long as it would take a good track man to run a half-mile, bald, burly Arthur Starnes plummeted down through miles of air last week. During that minute and 56 seconds he dropped five and a half miles (29,300 feet), hit a speed of 190 m.p.h., felt the temperature change from 46° below zero (Fahrenheit) to mild 60° above. When he cracked his chutes at 1,500 feet, he was pretty sure he had had an experience that would not only keep green the name of Arthur Starnes but somehow help national defense....
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