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Part 9
Part 9 of Wonders of World Aviation was published on Tuesday 3rd May 1938, price 7d.
This part included a central photogravure supplement showing aspects of ballooning. This section illustrates the article on the Romance of Ballooning.
The Cover
Our cover illustration this week shows the Royal Envoy, G-AEXX , bought in 1937 by the Air Council for the King’s Flight. A standard Envoy with a specially arranged cabin, the aircraft is painted in the Guards colours and has silver wings.
Contents of Part 9
Flight of the “Eagle”
(Part 2)
Air Mails of the Empire
Romance of Ballooning
Romance of Ballooning
(photogravure supplement)
Romance of Ballooning:
Photogravure Supplement - 2
BALLOONS INFLATED FOR THE GORDON BENNETT RACE in 1937. Before inflation is begun, a balloon is laid out on the ground beneath its net. The gas is forced through the neck at the bottom of the envelope, and as the envelope lifts, bags of ballast are removed sot that the procedure is unhampered.
Romance of Ballooning:
Photogravure Supplement
READY TO TEST INSTRUMENTS for use in the attempt on the world’s height record in 1935. On the left is Captain Orville A. Anderson, who, with Captain Albert W. Stevens, made a height record of 74,000 feet in a specially constructed United States stratosphere balloon. The balloon in which the instruments were tested was of ordinary type, and the instruments proved to be satisfactory for a stratosphere attempt.
You can read more on flights in the stratosphere in parts 1-2.
Romance of Ballooning:
Photogravure Supplement - 3
MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE NET of a balloon before attaching the basket. It is important that the net should be evenly distributed over the envelope. The strength of the net may be gauge by the way in which this member of the balloon’s crew is clambering about on it. The numerous bags of ballast for holding down the balloon are seen at the bottom of this picture.
