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1907 June 3, Monday at Baddeck Tribune New York 26 Mar 1907 J. C. McCoy and A. R. Hawley Will Make Balloon Ascension Next Week. The first attempt to win the Lahm Cup offered by the Aero Club will be made next week by J. C. McCoy and Alan R. Hawley. Mr. Hawley made an ascension last Saturday from Philadelphia with A. N. Chandler, president of the Philadelphia Aero Club, making a landing near Atlantic City. Mr. McCoy and Mr. Hanley will go to Pittsfield in about ten days. The Lahm Cup is a challenge trophy and may be held by any one equalling in this country the flight of 204 miles made by Lieutenant Lahm when he won the James Gordon Bennett Aeronautical Cup last year. Transcript Boston 26 Mar 1907 A FLYING MACHINE RACE -- Five Heavier-Than-Air Ships to Be in Jamestown Exposition Contest New York, March 26-Professor Alexander [[UNDERLINE]] Graham [[UNDERLINE]] Bell, Peter Cooper Hewitt, A. M. Herring, Israel Ludlow and the Wright brothers probably will be competitors in a competition that has just been arranged for Sept. 14 at the Jamestown Exposition grounds at Norfolk, Va. The Wright brothers will use their improved flying machines of the heavier-than-air type. It is stipulated that the successful machine must fly at least 1000 feet and start under its own power. Professor Bell, who has been experimenting with tetrahedral kites for several years, is building a flying machine to be composed of tetrahedral sections and equipped with a motor. Mr. Cooper's machine is being built on pontoons for flights over the water. Mr. Ludlow is making one of steel tubing, while Mr. Herring has practically completed a very light motor which will weigh barely 1 1/2 pounds per horse power. Herald New York 26 Mar 1907. GUNNERS HIT TWO BALLOONS. -- Only One Out of Three, Used by German Artillery as Targets, Escaped. NEUFAHRWASSER, West Prussia, Monday.-Artillery practice against balloons began here to-day. Two free balloons released at sea were fired on as they floated landward. One was torn by three shrapnel shells and came down. The other floated inland uninjured. A captive balloon towed within the range by a tug was also brought down. Press New York 26 Mar 1907 BIG PRIZES FOR AERIALISTS -- Jamestown Exhibition Prepares for Airship Contests in May. Aeronauts and those interested in the prophesied era of aerial travel will have every inducement to make a pilgrimage to the Jamestown Exhibition. A bureau of aeronautics, in charge of Israel Ludlow, has been established and a building devoted to the science has been constructed. To encourage interest the officials offer trophies for the winners of the many contests that have been arranged, free transportation to contestants and exhibitors and free coal gas and hydrogen for balloons and airships. The contests promise to be the most interesting ever held in any country and to bring together aeronauts from all over the world. Competitions for balloons have been arranged to test dirigibility, duration in the air, speed, height and skill in piloting to an objective point. There will be tests of airships, aeroplanes, contests between balloons and automobiles, exhibitions to illustrate the efficiency of balloons in war, and finally a contest for distance. The contests will begin on May 4 and continue throughout the exhibition, until October 24, when a congress of aeronauts will be held in Jamestown. Competitors in the contests will include the Aero Club of America and the aero club of Europe and England, while one of the most exciting events promises to be the international race for the James Gordon Bennett cup, which will be held in St. Louis on October 19. The exhibits will include aeroplanes, helicopteres, orthoptears and every description of flying machine and balloon, which will give a complete history of the science from the first effort of the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 to the present day. Awards will be made for the most practical, original and novel designs shown by inventors. World New York 26 Mar 1907 Artiller Bags Two Balloons. NEUFAHRWASSER, West Prussia March 25.-Artillery practice against balloons began here to-day. Two free balloons, released at sea, were fire on as they floated landward. One of them was torn by three schrapnel shells and came down. The other floated inland uninjured. A captive balloon, towed within range by a tug, was also brought down. Sun New York 28 Mar 1907. BOMBARDED THE BALLOONS. -- Captive Ones Easily Brought Down-Shrapnel Gets Free One. Special Cable Despath to THE SUN. DANZIG, March 25.-The balloon shooting experiments to-day were successful. The captive balloons were easily brought down. One that was free was brought down by three schrapnel. Another escaped. Press Philadelphia 26 Mar 1907. BUILDING BIGGEST AIRSHIP -- Aero Club's Gas Bag Will Carry Nine Persons Through Clouds. What will be the largest balloon in the United States is being constructed in this city for the Philadelphia Aero Club. It wil lbe finished in a month and will be known as the Ben Franklin. It will carry 92,000 cubic feet of gas and its basket will accommodate nine persons. As the result of the last Saturday's successful ascent of Alfred N. Chandler's initial cloud traveling has gained favor, and in addition to the Ben Franklin several smaller balloons are being constructed for the Aero Club, which now numbers 35 members. New Yorkers who witnessed Saturday's exhibition were so pleased with the Point Breeze athletic field as a starting point that they are planning several aerial flights from that place this Summer. Among the aeronauts who have planned a sky journey from here is Lieutenant Frank Lahm, of the United States army, who won the balloon race in Paris last year. Record Philadelphia 26 Mar-1907 [[1 image]] NEW TYPE OF AEROPLANE A new aeroplane has been devised by M. Edzio Tani, wh, says Black and White, is now completing the above model at the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club. It will, it is hoped, elevate itself by a kite principle. The supporting planes will be fixed above the metal motor.
