Ford Chats With Flying Piccards -- Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer, (left) chatted with Dr. and Mrs. Jean Piccard at Ford Airport, Detroit, while waiting for the start of the projected stratospheric flight early on the morning of Oct 13. Prof. W.F.G. Swann, of the Franklin Institute, Swarthmore, PA., can be seen looking through a Porthole of the Gondola in which the Piccards plan to ride high into the stratosphere. A few minutes after this picture was taken, the Filght was postponed because of high winds. October 13, 1934. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).