88 years ago
Fire of the “Star of Poland”
On the night of 12–13 October, during preparations for the launch of the Polish stratospheric balloon “Star of Poland” in the Chochołowska Valley, the hydrogen-filled balloon’s envelope caught fire, preventing crew members Zbigniew Burzyński and Konstanty Narkiewicz-Jodko from attempting a stratospheric flight. It was intended to be an attempt to beat the then altitude record […]
