Capt Gray prepares for ballon altitude record Published on November 3, 2013 in 4 November 1927Full resolution (3573 × 2135) ← Previous Next → Captain Hawthorne C. Gray, U.S. Army Air Corps, preparing for his balloon ascent at Scott Field, Illinois, 4 November 1927. (U.S. Air Force) Capt Gray preparing for balloon altitude record