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Hopkins University, has begun work airship scheme which he says prom- to develop valuable information in field of science. He is assisted by Loyties, a prominent engineer. The is being conducted in the Hopkins ical laboratory. 
 Wood's type of machine is known he "helicopter" distinctly different the balloon type. It belongs prop-in the class with the aeroplane. Dr. l, however, hopes to overcome the vantage met with in the aeroplane which Langley experimented. He uses to overcome the difficulties ex-nced in landing with the aeroplane. is style of airship there is to be no nary supporting surface such as is red in the aeroplane.
 h only a one-twelfth horse power Dr. Wood has made a model ship will carry two and one-tenth pounds.
 Petite Geronde Borduax 
9 Mar- 1907.
AEROSTATION
Ascension de la <>,
Le ballon de la flottille de FAéro-Club duSud-Ouest, <>, est parti vendredi à gaz de La Bastide, ayant à bord, MM, Villepastour, pilote; Robert Seguin, aide-pilote; Georges Amigues, et notre collaborateur Maurice Martin.
Un vent violent de nord ouest au départ emporta rapidement le gros aérostat vers le haut du fleuve; il passa au-dessus de Langolran et exactement sur Langon à midicinquante-deux. Presque constamment, lesaéronautes se tinrent a environ 1,500 metres d'altitude, dominant une merveilleuse mar éelantante sous les feux du soleil
Le paludisme. La fièvre jaune. lutte contre le moustique. Le congrès lonial de Marseille (1906). Travaux Service géographique de l'Indo-Chine.
Peronnel des troupes coloniales.
Direction et état-major. Annuaires l'infanterie et de l'artillerie coloniales officiers d'administration d'artillerie, l'intendance et du corps de santé des trpes coloniales, des officiers de réserve, régiments étrangers, des spahis sénégal et de la gendarmerie coloniale. Table d'honneur ; tués à l'ennemi et décédés psuite de maladies ou d'accidents.
Administration des colonies français
Limoges
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Descends in Snowstorm.
The Hon. Mrs. Assheton Harbord. a daughter-in-law of Lord Suffield, has added another to her notable records of daring journeys by balloon. 
She ascended at Chelsea in her own balloon. the Nebula, accompanied by C.F.Pollock, of the Aero Club, and, wish a northwest wind in her favor, crossed the Channel near Calais. She descended near Liege, Belgium, about 9:30 in the morning in a snowstorm. The average speed of the balloon was twenty-five miles an hour.
This is the second time only a woman has crossed the Channel by balloon, the first to achieve the distinction being Mrs. Griffith Brewer, on February 20, last year.
Betit Jauvual. Paris 9 march 1907.
AVIATION Aéroplanes anglais-De notres correspondant de Londres, 8 Mars: Des ingénieurs aéronautes de Battersea ontreçu la commande et ont entrepris la construction de cinq aéroplanes. Deux de ces appareils sont complétement achevés et n'ont plus qu'à recevoir leurs moteurs;un troisième est en voie d'achèvement. Les deux autres seront commencés bientôt. En général, ces aéroplanes sont construits sur un plan similaire à celui de l'appareil des frères Wright;le plus grand s'élèvera de terre à la vitesse de 16 à 18 milles, et le plus petit à une vitesse de 20 milles à l'heure. Le coût de chaque machine sera d'enviorn 600 livres sterling. Les constructeurs gardent secrets les noms de leurs clients.
Scientific American New York, 9 mar. 1907
KITES IN LIFE-SAVING OPERATIONS.
The use of kites in life-saving operations at sea is attracting some attention in France, and a new system consists in the combination of kites and an improved floating device known as "deviator." Such a system has been brought out quite recently by M. Jansen, and a series of trials with the apparatus, which were very successful, was made in the last week of February. THe trials took place at Royan, on the coast of France, between the shore and vessels, and they were made in the following way: The steamer "Yvonne," gaging 300 tons, belonging to the Société Centrale de Sauvetage, was employed in the maneuvers, and the object was to carry a tow-line to it from the outer end of the Royan jetty. During the tests the steamer was constantly anchored at about 2,000 feet to the west of the fixed point whence started the "deviators" carrying the tow-line. The wind was very strong and blew from north-northwest to northwest one-fourth west. Owing to these conditions it was quite impossible to make connection from the shore to the boat by the use of a kite alone. As regards the kite which was let up and was fixed to the float or deviator, so as to tow it, this is of the Hargrave pattern of the two-cell type. Attached to the deviator, it underwent on the part of the latter atractive effort such that the ensemble of the system succeeded in deviating from the direction of the wind by angles which varied between 60 and 70 degrees, accerding to the needs of the maneuver. At the end of the operation the deviator arrived at the point where the vessel was lying, and the line connecting the float to the kite covered the rigging of the ship was caught in the latter. In the evolutions made by M. Jansen's new deviator, what is to be noticed outside of the surety of direction is the rapidity which which it makes its movement. Thus it required only four minutes, chornometered by the officers delegated by the Life Saving Society, for the deviator to cover the 500 meters seperating the jetty from the vessel, given a speed of wind which exceeded 35 meters per second. In the experiments the apparatus was handled by two members of the Société Français de Navigation Aerienne, M. Jansen, the inventor, who looked after the regulation and trajectory of the float, and M. Varilles, who steered the Hargrave kite.