Bernard L. Whelan and Three Passengers after Setting Altitude Record

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5-22-1920

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From left: Dayton Wright employees Lloyd V. Casto, Roy Zorn, Roy "Tack" Lounsbury, and Bernard L. Whelan after setting a fourth world record for altitude. According to the Dayton Daily News (May 22, 1920, Page 1), the plane reached 18,200 feet. Whelan wrote that the test included two flights. On the morning flight, they all wore leather flying suits, and Whelan carried a small container of oxygen. On the afternoon flight, they reached a slightly higher altitude after deciding to discard the flying suits and carry less gasoline and no oxygen. The flight, which took place in an OW-1, was conducted at the Army Air Corps engineering headquarters at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

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