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1907  May 31, Friday at Baddeck.  5              5
Star Nyack
4 Mar 1907. N.Y.

Walter Wellman proposes to take a whole train load of Americans to Spitsbergen to see him off on his trip to the pole in an airship.  Even then they will be apt to suspect him of turning back toward New York as soon as he gets around the corner.

Herald New York
5-Mar. 1907.

AERONAUTS PLAN A JAMESTOWN EXHIBIT
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Models of Air Navigation Machines and Engines to Have a Building at the Exposition.
For the first time in the history of expositions, a special building will be devoted to the exhibition of aeronautic appliances at the Jamestown Exposition.  The Board of Governors has set aside $15,000, which will be used chiefly in the erection of this building, but financial arrangements have also been made for free transportation and space for all but commercial exhibits.
  
In addition to the building there will be an aerodrome for the testing of machines and ample space for balloon ascensions.  The chief interest in the exhibit to the public will lie in the practical demonstrations which will be made by aeroplanes, balloons and airships.
  
The expert balloon corps from the armies of France, England, Germany, Japan, Russia and Spain are expected to give demonstrations at the exposition.  It is also expected by the members of the Aero Club that Santos-Dumont's famous aeroplane, "Bird of Prey," will be brought over for the exhibition.  Israel Ludlow, of the Aero Club of America will be in charge of the exhibits.

Enquirer Cincinnati, 
4 Mar. 1907. O

FORTUNE FOR AERONAUTS.
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More Than $200,000 in Cash Offered For Various Kinds of Flights.
[Boston Transcript.]
Fortunes await the successful inventors of dirigible airships and heavier-than-air machines that will really fly. More than $200,000 is already offered for successful flights on the continent, in England and the United States. The largest amounts in money and trophies are open only to British inventors, however. The Aero Club of America has compiled a full list of the aeronautical prizes which have been offered for competition in the next two years. Two prizes of $50,000 each head the list, which is as follows:

Le Matin, Paris--$50,000; Paris to London
in 1908; 217 miles in less than 24 hours; open to dirigible balloons or heavier-than-air machines.
The Daily Mail, London--$50,000; London to Manchester; 161 miles; open only to heavier-than-air machines owned by members of a recognized aero club.
The Car, London--(1) $2,500 (trophy) annually to aeronaut who files longest distance in United Kingdom without touching ground in a self-propelled heavier-than-air machine. (2) $25 a mile for every mile successfully accomplished in the Daily Mail competition by the machine which completes the longest distance without touching ground, provided at least 25 miles are covered.
Adams Manufacturing Company, London--$10,000 for any airplane that wins the Daily Mail flight, provided the machine is entirely manufactured in Great Britain or its dependencies.
The Autocrat, London--$2,500 in the same connection, provided engine used in the successful aeroplane is made by a British motor car manufacturer.
The Daily Graphic, London--$5,000 to the inventor who produces a heavier-than-air machine which shall carry one or more passengers through the air from one point to another, not less than a mile distant.
J. Norton Griffith--Challenge cup to the winner of the Daily Mail race.
Brookland Automobile Racing Club--$12,500 to the aeronaut who is successful in flying around the Weybridge track, without touching ground from start to finish, at a height of 30 to 50 feet from the ground. 
Ruinart Pere et Fils--$2,500 to the first aeroplane to fly from French shore to English shore or vice versa, about 19 miles. 
Society des Bains de Mer d'Ostende--$40,000 to any flying machine or dirigible to go from Ostend to Paris in 24 hours. Distance, 186 miles.
Henry Deutsche, Paris--$14,000 (trophy) to any flying machine or dirigible to cover course as follows: St. Germain, Seulis, Meaux, Melun and St. Germain. Open only to members of Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Can stop and fill up with

American New York
6 Mar. 1907.

THOMAS AIRSHIP MUST FLY 25 MILES AN HOUR
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New York Aeronaut Contracts to Pay Highest Price on Record for Craft.
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New Britain, March 5. -- An airship, the biggest in the world, which must fly twenty-five miles an hour to fulfill the contract, is about to be designed for Dr. Julian P. Thomas, the New York aeronaut.
The builder is Charles K. Hamilton, famous as the man whom President Diaz, of Mexico, has hired for two years, in the hope of outdoing the rest of the world in solving the problem of human flight.
Hamilton is now visiting his home here. He says Dr. Thomas has agreed to pay him the highest sum ever offered for the construction of an airship. It is to be 300 feet long, pointed like a cigar. A thirty-horse power engine will drive it through the air.

Tribune New York
6 Mar. 1907.

WELLMAN'S INVITATION DECLINED.
Berlin, March 5. --Walter Wellman recently wrote a letter to Captain von Krogh, one of the best known German aeronauts, inviting him to be his assistant in the attempt which Mr. Wellman will make this summer to reach the North Pole in a balloon. According to the "Local Anzeiger," Captain von Krogh has declined this invitation, believing that dirigible ballooning has not yet reached a stage where it guarantees the success of a Polar attempt. Captain von Krogh has made numerous ascents in the Zeppelin and Parseval dirigible balloons, and he prefers to remain in Germany and resume his experiments with the Parseval balloon in the spring.

Standard   Troy N.Y.
           6 Mar.1907
   When somebody learns to utilize the hot air expended in Congress, they can operate a balloon line right from the capitol.

Journal. Atlanta Ga
6. Mar.1907.

The war department wants a military balloon for Cuba that will lift a ton.  It may be mentioned incidentally that Secretary Taft is the head of the war department.

Chronicle  Chicago Ill.
     5 Mar 1907.

WILL ATTEND AERO FEAST.

[Special Telegram.]

NEW YORK.  March 4.-- A delegation of St. Louis balloon enthusiasts will attend the dinner on March 14 to be given by the Aero Club of America at the Hotel St. Regis.  Acceptances have been received from ex-Governor Francis, James E. Smith, president of the business Men's league;  L.D. Dozier, president of the St. Louis Aero club, and Dan C. Nugent.
   Willis Moore, chief of the weather bureau in Washington, will be one of the speakers, and one of the Washington delegates present will be Admiral C. M. Chester.
   The next ascension planned by the members will be conducted by Alfred N. Chandler and Allan E. Hawley in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 16.