Word: carere
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...long-awaited assurance of at least 18 hours of good weather. Not only must he be sure of fair skies to receive him. but also that no layer of clouds shall blind his descent. Now the great yellow cotton bag, of 14,000 cu. ft. capacity, is laid carer fully out on the field by 100 workmen, sweating under a blazing sun. The shroud lines which support the spherical aluminum gondola are straightened out with meticulous care. In the cool of night hydrogen is fed from cylinders into the envelope. In less than an hour the inflation is finished...