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IN our issue of February 4 (p. 160), reference was made to the two aeroplanes which have been modified to undertake a flight over Mount Everest. According to the Karachi correspondent of the Times, the machines arrived at Karachi on March 9. The main base for the expedition will be Purnea. The photographic results of the flight, should it be successful, are likely to be of considerable interest, for nothing is known at present of the south face of Everest. Indeed, if the photographs are available in time, they may be of assistance to the expedition now in India preparing to climb the mountain (NATURE, Jan. 7, p. 10), especially if the snow and ice conditions have changed considerably since the 1924 expedition. Useful data may also be obtained of atmospheric conditions; while we know a good deal about the atmosphere at 30,000 ft. above mean sea level, it is likely that conditions at this absolute height but with high mountains below will be different. The aeroplanes, however, are not suited for making useful cosmic ray observations. The flight will be a great adventure, for should the machines have to come down through engine failure, the chances of finding a suitable landing place in that great area of mountainous country are small.
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Projected Flight over Everest. Nature 131, 392 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131392a0
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