Earlier, Richard Isakson wrote:

Many years ago, here in Western
Washington, someone was cold molding a
glider fuselage out of rosewood veneers.
He was going to pressurize it and use it
to set high altitude records. I don't
know what became of the project.

At a guess, I'd say that the man was Robert Lamson, and the aircraft
was the Alcor. It was eventually used as a research aircraft in the
Chinook project, flown on those missions by Tony Burton. It currently
hangs in the Seattle Museum of Flight.

I spoke with Tony Burton about the pressurization system when he gave a
talk on the Chinook project at the SHA Western Workshop '04. It was
based on an A-14 pressure-demand regulator and a modified mask.
Unfortunately, the pressurization system never was disabled for the
Chinook project; apparently the cockpit sealing wasn't effective
enough.

I think that the Chinook project is also discussed in the Ursula Weise
book _Stalking the Mountain Wave_.

Thanks, and best regards to all

Bob K.
http://www.hpaircraft.com