Word: fordney
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...valley, drifted out of sight as the 20,000 chilled spectators trekked back to Rapid City. Six hours later, Capt. Stevens radioed that Explorer II had touched 74,000 ft., well above both the accepted record of 61,237 ft., made in 1933 by Lieut. Commander Settle and Major Fordney and the unofficial Russian mark of 72,000 ft. Then, well pleased, the balloonists turned back to earth, bumped to a stop near White Lake, S. Dak., four hours later...
...Underwood Tariff of 1913 lace duties were cut to 60%, and the whole industry nearly went bankrupt. However, it was saved by the War, which shut off imports from Europe, and in the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act of 1922 the duty was boosted to the present rate-90%, highest ad valorem duty...
...first Settle-Fordney flight came to a quick and ignominious end in a Chicago railroad yard. On their second attempt Settle and Fordney reached 61,237 ft., which remains the official record. Much was hoped for, scientifically, from this flight. It had been planned to measure the directional variation of cosmic rays at great heights. The balloon spun round so rapidly during the flight that this could not be done. Jars of fruit flies were to be taken aloft to see if the cosmic rays would produce mutations. While the stratonauts were waiting for good weather the fruit flies died...
...Johnson of the Bartol Foundation demonstrated that more rays come from the west than from the east. Hinting his disillusionment with manned balloons, Dr. Compton has begun a mountaintop and sounding-balloon survey. Dr. Millikan, in the current Physical Review, has kind words to say for the Settle-Fordney flight. In his article he reproduces a strip of film from the automatic electroscope aboard the Settle-Fordney balloon, one of the few real trophies ever brought down from stratonauts' stunts aloft...
...Aeronautique Internationale its records are not officially recognized. However, both Osoaviakhim's and last year's Red Army performances surpass the official world's record of 61,237 ft. made last November by Lieut. Commander G. W. ("Tex") Settle, U. S. N. and Major Chester L. Fordney...