The biplane part (Caproni ca 161) right after the "you should put on a spacesuit" comment got my notice, so I checked. Actually vaguely fascinating that in 193

The biplane part (Caproni ca 161) right after the "you should put on a spacesuit" comment got my notice, so I checked. Actually vaguely fascinating that in 1938 the Italians had Mario Pezzi wear an electrically heated pressurized suit [1], an airtight helmet [2][3], and sit inside of a pressure cylinder [4] to fly at 17,083 m (56,047 ft) in a propeller-powered biplane. Seems to have barely been mentioned afterward though, as it's difficult to even find imagery. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Pezzi_(aviator) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Pezzi_(aviator) [2] https://static.thisdayinaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/tdia/2013/10/PEZZI-Mario-full-pressure-suit.jpg https://static.thisdayinaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/tdia... [3] https://www.enricopezzi.it/fam_pezzi/mario_pezzi/images/MP_1937%20C161_01w.jpg https://www.enricopezzi.it/fam_pezzi/mario_pezzi/images/MP_1... [4] https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F40xmdzpd1ft71.jpg https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F4...