Viewing page 84 of 372

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

1907. March 6. Wednesday at Baddeck. 
[[Neius Walthaere?]] 
14 Jan 1907 Mass
Inducements to Aeronauts New York, Jan. 14.-President Bishop of the Aero Club of America announces a list of five supplementary prizes, amounting to $3000, to be offered in connection with the coming international cup balloon race on Oct. 19 next in St. Louis. Under the rules governing the race, James G. Bnnett gives $2000 to the winner. 

Pioneer Press St Paul 
14 Jan 1907. 
NINE BALLOONS WILL RACE 
Additional Prizes offered for St. Louis Event. 
New York, Jan. 13. - Cortland Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America, has announced a list of five supplementary prizes amounting to $3,000 to be offered in connection with the international cup balloon race on Oct. 19 next in St. Louis. These prizes are for balloons traveling the greater distance. In addition, the Aero club has decided to offer a supplementary prize of $500 for the balloon staying longest in the air. 
Of the eight countries eligible to enter the race, only Great Britain, France and the United States have forwarded their entries which guarantees that at least nine balloons will start in the contest. 

Tribune New York 
14 Jan 1907. 
WRIGHT BROTHERS AEROPLANE. 
M Frank H. Lahm. an American who has made Paris his home for several years, and who is an enthusiast over aeronautic sport, improved the chance afforded by a recent visit to the United States to investigate the claim that the Wright brothers, of Dayton, Ohio, made the first successful flight with an aeroplane which was propelled by an engine. He was convinced himself that the statements of the Ohio inventors are correct, and thinks that their success will go far toward making flying machines popular within the next year or two, and he speaks of the Wright brother as "modest, intelligent and honorable" men. 
How large a sphere of usefulness the flying machine will ever fill is a question on which a wide diversity of opinion exists. It is possible, too, that the extent to which it will be employed merely for diversion has been overestimated by Mr. Lahm and Santos-Dumont. Nevertheless, a great many Americans will note with satisfaction testimony which tends to inspire confidence in the representation made by Orville and Wilbur Wright. To h gone a step further than Langley, Maxim and Lilienthal in the development of a type of airship in which buoyancy is secured by other means than gas, and to have done so before Santos-Dumont performed the same feat, is certainly an achievement in which the fellow countrymen of the Dayton aeronauts may well take pride. They will now be more eager than ever for a public test of the Wright machine, such as there is now some reason to expect within the next few months. 
The skepticism which has been felt and expressed in Europe on this subject has resulted, no doubt from the hesitation of the Wrights to supply detailed information about their aeroplane. It is easy, however, to think of a number of causes for a reticence which in all probability was meant to be only temporary. In devising a successful aeroplane it is necessary to deal with several distinct problems. One group relates to the materials, areas and bracing of the wings. Another refers to the number, size and positions of the screw propellers. Consideration must also be given to the task of obtaining high power with the lightest possible engine, to methods of launching and alighting, and to means of keeping the craft practically upright while underway. Though satisfactory progress may have been made with each of these problems, the inventors may have believed that here and there they could improve on their first expedients, and until they had experimented further they might not have considered their machine fit for exhibition. To show it at that stage of the proceedings to their rivals might have given the latter an unfair advantage, especially if the protection of patents had not yet been secured. Under circumstances like these the Wrights would have been fully justified in not talking too freely. 
Other considerations, equally legitimate, may have inspired their cautious conduct. It has been rumored that the Wrights made overtures to the United States and French governments 

Constitution Atlanta 
14 Jan 1907. Ga. 
Walter Wellman's Polar Balloon. 
Paris, January 13.-Walter Wellman's enlarged balloon, in which he hopes to reach the north pole and which is now inflated for the purpose of testing the impenetrability of envelope, was exhibited to a number of French aeronauts this afternoon. Mr. Wellman considers his balloon in perfect condition. 

Press New York 
14 Jan 1907. 
WELLMAN FILLS NEW BALLOON 
French Aeronauts Take Interest in Arctic Explorer's Plans. 
PARIS, Jan. 13-Walter Wellman's enlarged balloon, in which he hopes to reach the North Pole and which is now inflated for the purpose of testing the impenetrability of the envelope, was exhibited to French aeronauts this afternoon in the Galerie Machines. 
M. Santos-Dumont, M. Deutsch and Count de la Vaulx and other men prominent in aeronautics were present and showed great interest in the plans of the explorer. Mr. Wellman considers his balloon in perfect condition. 

Constitution Atlantic Ga. 
14 Jan 1907 
BALLOON RACE FOR THE NATIONS 
Supplementary Prizes for International Contest at St. Louis 
Of the Eight Countries Eligible to Enter Race, Only Great Britain, France and the United States Have Forwarded Their Entries. 
New York, January 13.-Cortland Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America, has announced a list of five supplementary prizes amounting to $3,000 to be offered in connection with the coming international cup balloon race on October 19 next in St. Louis. Under the rules governing the race James Gordon Bennett gives $2,000 to the winner. The following supplementary prizes were announced: 
One thousand dollars to the second balloon in the race, donor unannounced; $750 to the third balloon, offered by the combined railroads running into St. oLuis; $500 to the fourth balloon, offered by Daniel S. Nugent, of St. Louis, and $250 to the fifth balloon, offered by a German newspaper in St. Louis. 
These prizes are for balloons traveling the greater distance. In addition, the Aero Club has decided to offer a supplementary prize of $500 for the balloon staying longest in the air. 
Up to this time of the eight countries eligible to enter the race, only Great Britain, France and the United States have forwarded their entries, which guarantees that at least nine balloons will enter and start in this contest.