I suppose the temperature was about zero at that height, but my heavy flying suit, boots and mittens kept me comfortable.
The higher one goes on a clear day, the more of the world one can see. Distances shrink and cities and town miles apart look as if they were neighboring stops on the Toonerville Trolley line. Possibly in the future, sightseeing tours may be arranged to take passengers not only from place to place but to different “levels.”
SEE THE NATION’S CAPITOL
(and 25 surrounding towns)
From 10,000 feet For 25c.
SEE THE NATION’S CAPITOL
(and 100 surrounding towns)
From 20,000 feet For 60c.
Well, I hope the passengers will enjoy the scenery as much as I do when I fly high.
Not long after the altitude hop, I started across the country in an autogiro. I went definitely on a commercial venture, for I carried a large sign on the fuselage for the Beech-Nut Packing Company. Up to the present writing the most practical use to which ’giros have been put is advertising various products. Everything from coal to gasoline has been sold in this manner. Getting a trade mark before large numbers of people has been done as effectively by means of flying signboards as by those which stay on the ground.
