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1907 June 3. Monday at Baddeck 37 Herald New York. 23 Mar - 1907 FRANCE SELECTS TWO BALLOON RACE PILOTS Alfred Le Blanc and Rene Gasnier Chosen to Contest for the International Challenge Cup. [SPECIAL CABLE TO THE HERALD.] HERALD BUREAU, } No. 49 AVENUE DE L'OPERA, } Paris, Saturday. } Alfred Le Blanc and René Gasnier have been selected by the Aero Club of France as two of its pilots in the international challenge balloon cup race, to be started from St. Louis next October. The third contestant will be chosen later. Times New York 23 Mar 1907 FRANCE NAMES BALLOONISTS. Two Competitors for Big Race—Accident to Count de la Vaulx. Word was received last night by Cortlandt Field Bishop, President of the Aero Club of America that the Aero Club of France had selected two of its representatives for the international balloon race in St. Louis on Oct. 19. They are Alfred Leblanc and Rene Gasnier. The third competitor will be named at a later date. It had been expected that Count de la Vaulx, who holds the long-distance balloon record of Europe and who visited this country two years ago, would be one of the contestants, but information has just been received by the club that he broke his leg a short time ago while tobogganing in Switzerland, and it will be some time before he will be able to make another ascension. The selection of the third man will be postponed awaiting the recovery of Count de la Vaulx, and if he is willing to undertake the trip to America he will undoubtedly be named for the French team. He got fourth place in the first race for the Gordon Bennett trophy last year. Globe Boston 23 Mar - 1907 NEW AIRSHIP DEVICE. Tony Bondi of West Springfield Believes He Has Solved Problem of Aerial Navigation SPRINGFIELD, March 22—Tony Bondi of West Springfield has invented an airship which is propelled by means of wings of metal and canvas. The machine is sustained in the air by gas bags, and the wings are operated by a battery from the passenger cabin, which is suspended below the wings. Mr. Bondi, who is a picture frame maker, has been working on the device four years, and is confident that his invention will prove practicable. He has made application for a patent through Washington attorneys, who have informed him that the airship, or flying machine, does not infringe upon existing patents. St[[cut off]] 1907. thrilling sport of ballooning [[cut off]] cided on Saturday by members of the Aero Club who journeyed from New York to this city to witness the ascent of Messrs. Chandler and Hawley. Plans have already been made for a number of ascensions at Point Breeze during the spring and summer months, and a number of balloon enthusiasts who will compete in the races to be held at St. Louis in October for the Gordon-Bennett cup will make trial trips in this city. Among those who will make an ascent from Point Breeze will be Lieut Frank Lahm, 6th Cavalry, U. S. A., who won the balloon race at Paris a year ago, covering 402 miles. There are also entries from Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, an[[d]] Spain for the St. Louis races. Those entered include several members of royal families. It was decided to make the trial trips in this city because of the many favorable conditions prevailing here for balloon ascensions. Members of the Aero Club of America say that this city is an ideal spot for ascensions because of the excellent quality of gas which is supplied and the fact that Philadelphia is pretty well inland. The largest balloon in America is now being built in this city for the Philadelphia Aero Club, of which A. N. Chandler, the well-known broker is president. The balloon, which will hold 92,000 cubic feet of gas, will be christened the "Ben" Franklin and is expected to be finished in three weeks. Members of the local aeronaut club hope to make a trial trip in the "Ben" Franklin the latter part of April. The basket of the new balloon will be capable of holding nine persons and will be the finest in existence. Several balloons of a small type are under way and will be finished the early part of the summer. The Aero Club of this city has thirty-five members, composed of some of the most prominent men in town. The thrilling fascination of balloon ascensions has caught the members of several of the leading clubs of this city, and it is said that several members of the Art Club will try the experience of a trip to the clouds in the near future. Members of the Philadelphia Aero Club [[cut off]] Philadelphia should be the center [[cut off]] of the fact that the [[cut off]] in this Scientific American 23 Mar 1907. New York THE AERO CLUB DINNER. The first dinner of the Aero Club of America was held at the St. Regis Hotel on the evening of March 14. One of the principal events of the evening was the reading of a letter from the Wright Brothers, in which they gave their ideas on the subject of the large prize for an aeroplane flight to be offered in the near future by the club. The Wrights thought that this prize should not be too difficult of attainment, in order that it should spur on inventors to try and win it. They also stated that they hoped to make some more flights this year, and that if they did, although the flights might not be in public, they would "effectually remove all question that the flying art originated in America." Another interesting feature of the evening was a description given by E. B. Bronson of a dirigible balloon made of three parallel cigar-shaped gas bags in 1863 by Dr. Solomon Andrews, of Perth Amboy, N. J. This machine, propelled at high speed by some mysterious power, is said to have flown successfully in September of that year. Announcement was made of the entries for the Bennett International Balloon Race, as follows: France, 3 balloons; Great Britain, 3; Germany, 3; Spain, 3; Italy, 2; and America, 3. The race this year, on October 19, promises to be very interesting. Press Binghamton 23 Mar 1907. NY. WITNESS AERO FLIGHT Several members of the Aero Club of America will go to Philadelphia this morning to witness an ascension by Alan R. Hawley and A. N. Chandler in the latter's balloon, Initial, of 35,000 cubic feet. The balloon was sent to Philadelphia early in the week and the ascension will be made this afternoon. Among the New Yorkers who are going are Cortlandt Field Bishop, Augustus Post, Leo Stevens and Charles Jerome Edwards. Thomas S. Baldwin visited the rooms of the Aero Club last night and discussed informally his plans of making a flight over New York at an early date in a new dirigible balloon. He will leave for Hammondsport today to make arrangements for the motor that he will use in the airship. Inquirer Philadelphia 23 Mar 1907. ANOTHER BALLOON ASCENSION TODAY Incidently This City May Be-[[cut off]] $7.50, $10, $15 [[cut off]]rday—The Day Marks & COMPANY [[cut off]]ket Street [[cut off]]RDAY NIGHTS. Beautiful Paintings Exact reproductions in color from the originals of famous paintings by eminent artists, valuable for mounting, framing and decorative purposes, are a prominent feature of the APRIL number of the Strand Magazine
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