Dec 2 1924

From The Space Library

"Standard Atmosphere," after carefnl coordination, approved by Executive Committee of NACA, later adopted for use In aeronautical calculations by the War and Navy Departments, the Weather Bureau, and the Bureau of Standards; described by Lt. Walter S. Diehl of BuAer in NACA Technical Report No. 218. It gave pressures and densities for altitudes up to 20,000 meters and to 65,000 feet.