The Story of A. Conan-Doyle's "The Horror of Heights" was written at a time when aviation was taking its first steps. The famous writer remained in this story at the level of scientific and technical representations of his time. and today it may seem very funny enthusiastic description of the monoplane , where the heroes of the story tried to reach the uppermost layers of the atmosphere May cause a smile and his equipment, Specifically , rifle, Which he takes with him. His fantastic aerial adventures also seem comical...But still another thing should be noted. After all, Joyce-Armstrong, the hero of the story, is a real research scientist, ready to risk his life and even sacrifice it for the sake of finding out scientific truth. And in this sense, his image can not but cause deep sympathy and respect .. Because courage, dedication, perseverance in scientific search are qualities that never grow old. For the first time in Russian, the story “The Horror of Heights” was published in the magazine “The World of Adventure” in 1914. Today we are printing it in a new translation of B. Stengel . On the 3rd page. Cover art by L. Kataeva to the story of Arthur Conan-Doyle “The horror of heights”