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Balloon competitions in pursuit [[cut off]] loon, August 17.
Flying devices heavier than air, with motor and operator, September 14.
Flying machine models, with motor, competitions, August 24.
Flying machines, models without motor, carrying operator, September 7.
Kites for altitudes competitions, November 2.
Kites for steepest angle of flight, competitions, November 9.
Kites carrying operators, competitions, November 16.
Competitions of registering balloons, July 13.
Competitions of balloons and automobiles, no date fixed.
Photographic competitions for photographs of balloons and aeroplanes and aeronautical subjects to continue throughout exposition.
Competitions for photographs from balloons or kites.
Competitions for photographs for meteorolgical phenomena.
Signalling competitions with balloons or kites, October 12.
Hot air balloon competitions, October 5.
Competitions for longest trip made during the exposition, will continue throughout the exposition.

Herald New York
8 Mar 1907
ARRANGE FOR MANY AERIAL CONTESTS

Balloonists Will Have Numerous Competitions at Jamestown Fair.

OFFER PRIZES FOR AIRSHIPS

Exposition Officials Will Give Opportunity to Try Out All Kinds of Flying Machines.
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.]
NORFOLK, Va., Thursday.-Israel Ludlow, superintendent of the aeronautic bureau of the Jamestown Exposition, to-day announced the programme for the airship contests at the tercentennial at Norfolk. A special race, limited to members representing recognized aero clubs of North America, for club championship, will be held May 1.
The programme is as follows:-
Dirlgible balloon competitions, first week in June.
Competitions of balloons for distance, June 13.
Competition for balloons for duration, August 2.
Competitions, balloons, for objective joint, September 2.
Balloon competition for altitudes, November 17.
Balloon competitions in pursuit of pilot balloon, August 17.
Flying devices heavier than air, with motor and operator, September 14.
Flying machine models, with motor, competitions, August 24.
Flying machines, models without motor, carrying operator, September 7.
Kites for altitudes competitions, November 2.
Kites for steepest angle of flight, competitions, November 9.
Kites carrying operators, competitions, November 16.
Competitions of registering balloons, July 13.
Competitions of balloons and automobiles, notate fixed.
Photographic competitions for photographs of balloons and aeroplanes and aeronautical subjects o continue throughout exposition.
Competitions for photographs from balloons or kites.
Competitions for photographs for meteorolgical phenomena.
Signalling competitions with balloons or kites, October 12.
Hot air balloons competitions, October 5.
Competitions for longest trip made during the exposition, will continue throughout the exposition.

AERONAUTIC ADVANCE EXPECTED THIS YEAR

Professor Carl E. Meyers Says International Cup Offer Greatly Aids Ballooning.
[SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE HERALD.]
UTICA, N. Y., Thursday.-"That the art aeronautic is already of great and rapidly increasing importance is shown by its advance within the last few years," said Professor Carl E. Meyers, of Frankfort, an aeronautical engineer, in a lecture last evening on "Aerial Locomotion; or, the Conquest of the Air."
"During the last year Lieutenant Frank B. Lamb, of the United States, has won the International Aeronautic Cup, awarded by the Aero Club of France for a balloon voyage of 402 miles, from Paris to Flying Dales, England, defeating fifteen competitors, representing the highest skill in Europe. Forty-eight years earlier, in 1859, the veteran American aeronaut, John Wise, made a record flight of nearly twelve hundred miles in about nineteen hours, from St. Louis, Mo., to Jefferson county, New York State. This has never been surpassed in combined speed and distance, so America holds the world's record at present.
"The International Aeronautic Cup will be contested for the second time, from St. Louis on Monday, October 19, 1907. Besides this prize cup, valued at 12,500 francs, a cash prize of 12,500 francs is also offered. In addition to this one-half the entrance fees and forfeits will go to the winner. One-third will go to the contestant making second place and the balance to the third.
"The Aero Club of St. Louis offers, in addition, 5,000 francs to the contestant making second place, 3,700 francs to the third, 2,500 francs to the fourth and 1,250 francs to the fifth.
"These various rewards of merit offered throughout the world indicate in some degree the interest that the world now takes in aerial navigation. The present year will probably witness the greatest excitement in the line of air travelling since the birth of ballooning, in France, in 1783, 124 years ago."

facturer of that city. The third [[?]] from Germany will be known as the Pommern. Its pilot will be Freiherr von Hewald of Pommerania.

[[?]] Portsmouth N.H.
8 Mar 1907.
TO HAVE BIGGEST AIRSHIP.

Dr. Thomas Hopes to Tour Atlantic Cities in His New Flyer.
New York, March 8.--Dr, Julian P. Thomas, of the Aero Club, who recently has made several successful balloon voyages, is having built for his use the largest airship in the world. He expects to smash all world's records this spring and fly to Philadelphia and Boston in his new machine. He is being assisted by Charles K. Hamilton, who made 190 ascensions last year and who holds the record of the highest flight yet made.
The new airship, by reason of its intricate construction, is being built piecemeal in various factories in this city. It will be named the New York, will be more than 100 feet long and will cost about $15,000. It will carry one 30-horsepower engine, with a capacity for one additional engine of the same power. The airship will carry three or four persons. The frame will be of steel, which will obviate such accidents as happened to Hamilton and Knabenshue when the wooden frames of their airship broke last year. A gascooling service is to be installed, which, if successful, will enable the aeronauts to operate without using ballast. The cooling device will counteract the effect of the sun's heat upon the gas.
Another innovation is a new propeller the shape of a wheel, with a number of small, very thin blades, instead of the large blades heretofore used.

Press. [[?]] N.Y.
78 Mar 1907
AERONAUTICS WILL ADVANCE RAPIDLY

Carl Meyers, Well Known Here, Talks on the Subject

"That the art aeronautic is already of great and rapidly increasing importance is shown by its advance within the last few years," said Professor Carl E. Meyers, of Frankfort, an aeronautical engineer, in a lecture on "Aerial Locomotion; or, the Conquest of the Air."
"During the last year Lieutenant Frank B. Lamb, of the United States has won the International Aeronautic Cup, awarded by the Aero Club of France for a balloon voyage of 402 miles, from Paris to Flying Dales, England, defeating 15 competitors, representing the highest skill in Europe. Forty-eight years earlier, in 1859, the veteran American aeronaut, John Wise, made a record flight of nearly 1,200 miles in about 19 hours, from St. Louis, Mo., to Jefferson county, New York State. This has never been surpassed in combined speed and distance, so America holds the world's record at present.
"The International Aeronautic Cup will be contested for the second time, from St. Louis on Monday, October 19, 1907. Besides this prize cup, valued at 12,500 francs, a cash prize of 12,500 francs is also offered. In addition to this one-half the entrance fees and forfeits will go to the winner. One-third will go to the contestant making second place and the balance to the third.
"The Aero Club of St. Louis offers, in addition, 5,000 francs to the contestant making second place; 3,700 francs to the third, 2,500 francs to the fourth and 1,250 francs to the fifth.
"These various rewards of merit offered throughout the world indicate in some degree the interest that the world now takes in aerial navigation. The present year will probably witness the greatest excitement in the line of air travelling since the birth of ballooning, in France, in 1783, 124 years ago."

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*noted where text cut off on clipping, not sure if necessary. *'meteorological' misspelled in clipping as 'meteorolgical'