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Stratosphere Flight Prepares With National Geographic And Army
Preparation for a massive balloon ascent into the stratosphere is underway for 1935 a joint effort by the National Geographic Society and the United States Army Air Corps. Capt. Albert W. Stevens leads the mission with Capt. Orvil A. Anderson piloting the craft from a Basin near Rapid City South Dakota.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
United States Army Air Corps
Albert W. Stevens
Orvil A. Anderson
Black Hills
Rapids City
S. C
New York
California
South Dakota
Rapid City
Nwo
Alaska
Cuba
Iceland
United States Weather Bureau
Signal Corps
Air Corps
United States
Stevens
Washington
Maj
William &. Kepner
Midland
Mich
Fiy
Army Air Corps
Fort Meade
Anderson
Kepner