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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-May 1942
1942-05-16: Page 04
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You will be glad to know that I got by alright. By varying the atmospheric pressure in the chamber they first took us up to 18,000 ft where we remained for about 15 minutes with oxygen. Then we went up to 35,000 ft with the use of oxygen masks and stayed 40 minutes. Finally, we went up to 40,000 ft and stayed 10 minutes, before dropping down to 20,000 ft at the rate of 10,000 ft/min - kind of rapid what? Can you imagine being 35,000 ft or 40,000 ft above the earth? What a wonderful experience that must be! "Butch" O'Hare, now a Lt. Comm; and our first fighter pilot ace of this war, was aboard to give us a little talk the other day. He gave a most interesting and exciting account of his squadron's
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You will be glad to know that I got by alright. By varying the atmospheric pressure in the chamber they first took us up to 18,000 ft where we remained for about 15 minutes with oxygen. Then we went up to 35,000 ft with the use of oxygen masks and stayed 40 minutes. Finally, we went up to 40,000 ft and stayed 10 minutes, before dropping down to 20,000 ft at the rate of 10,000 ft/min - kind of rapid what? Can you imagine being 35,000 ft or 40,000 ft above the earth? What a wonderful experience that must be! "Butch" O'Hare, now a Lt. Comm; and our first fighter pilot ace of this war, was aboard to give us a little talk the other day. He gave a most interesting and exciting account of his squadron's
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