Word: dubendorf
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...bushy-haired professor, who looks precisely like a cartoonist's idea of a scientist, seems ready to pop with excitement as the balloon is being readied at Dubendorf Airdrome, Zurich. He has his 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...
...Piccard insisted upon one final precaution. When Professor Piccard and Assistant Cosyns start skyward from Dubendorf Airdrome, airplanes and racing automobiles will set out. to be near the spot where the balloon comes to rest. In one of the automobiles will be Mme Piccard...
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