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about their experiences.  In "Aeronautics" for July 1908 Mrs. Cora Thompson described her flight in glowing terms [[handwritten]] * [[/handwritten]]". . .fear is wholly excluded.  There can be nothing but pleasure connected with it . . .I enjoyed every moment of the trip and when the time finally came for us to land I felt greatly disappointed - the two hours spent in the balloon had sped like minutes and I am anxiously awaiting another opportunity when I can ascend in a larger balloon and with a brisker wind."  Mrs. Thompson also stated that she planned to try to convert her friends in the Wilkinsburg Automobile Club to ballooning.
   Mrs. Edmund Rosenberg of Indianapolis added to her fame of being the first woman in that city to drive an automobile by becoming Indianapolis' first woman to make a balloon ascension.  She and her husband flew with an exhibition balloonist by the name of G. L. Bumbaugh in December 1908.  Mrs. Rosenberg was so eager to make the ascension that she told Mr. Bumbaugh she would be willing even to hang onto the car as ballast.  Her reaction was extremely enthusiastic: "It's not near (sic) so dangerous as driving an automobile.  There are no policemen up there, [[handwritten]] * [[/handwritten]] no street cars, no horses, no little children, or deaf or blind to make you nervous. . . . . .I want a balloon."

[[handwritten]] 1) Aeronautics, "My Initial Trip to the Clouds," Mrs. Cora Thompson, July 1908, p. 24, Vol. III, No. 1
2) Fly, "A Lady Enthusiast," Jan. 1909 p. 11, Vol. I, No. 3