After their eleven miles ascent . American balloonists land at Bridgeton . Lieutenant Commander Settle of the United States Navy and Major Fordney ascended 58,000 feet into the stratosphere from Akron , Ohio . The balloon came to rest on the marshland southwest of Bridgeton , New Jersey . The aviators thus improved on the effort of Professor Piccard and Professor Max Cosyns , the pioneers of stratosphere exploration . Major Fordney ( left ) and Lieut Commander TGW Settle in front of their stratosphere balloon after landing near Bridgeton , New Jersey . 29 November 1933 30s, 30's, 1930s, 1930's, thirties, nineteen thirties