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Sir Paul Kipfer

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Sir Paul Kipfer

Swiss scientist and stratospheric explorer who with Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) was the first to fly in the stratosphere, using the pressurized balloon gondola invented by Piccard (1931) and reaching a record altitude—since surpassed—of 51,793 feet (15,786 m) over the Bavarian Alps.

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