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Researchers and designers from the Engineering Division (a group that would eventually become part of the Aerospace Systems Directorate) turbo-supercharged Army aircraft at McCook Field. They then set several altitude records. Rudolph William Schroeder (Left), Chief Test Pilot of the Engineering Division, achieved a world altitude record of 33,114 feet, unpressurized, in a Packard-LePère Lusac USA C.II Biplane flying over McCook Field, using a Moss/Air Corps Engineering Division-developed turbo-supercharged Liberty engine (Right), on 27 February 1920. Two years later, Lt John Macready (the only three-time recipient of the Mackay Trophy) flew the aircraft to 40,800 ft.
| Date Taken: | 09.06.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 09.16.2024 07:18 |
| Story ID: | 480268 |
| Location: | US |
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