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Photograph caption dated March 6, 1964 reads, "Height: 40,000 feet - Men who may some day be flying a supersonic transport undergo flight simulation in Lockheed's altitude and space environment facility. The men with oxygen masks are at ground level in this picture, but the air inside the chamber is equivalent to an altitude of 40,000 feet."; See images #00111170 through #00111172 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lockheed-California Company Lockheed-California Company--Employees Supersonic transport planes--United States Delta wing airplanes--United States Scientists--United States Flight simulators Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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