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1907. June 12. 
Mexican. City of Mexico.
8 Apr 1907

A Royal Aeronautophobe.
The Prince of Wales is taking much interest in the attempts of Santos-Dumont and others to solve the problem of navigation of the air. He possesses an expert knowledge of various aeroplanes and their mechanism. His Royal Highness was always of a mechanical turn of mind and in another sphere of life would probably have made a name as an inventor. He is remarkably clever with tools of every description, and has already imparted a good deal of his knowledge to his eldest sons. It is stated that the Prince will soon become president of the Aero Club of England.

Post-Dispatch
8 Apr 1907 St Louis Mo.

AERO CLUB PLANS.
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Vehicle Dealers to Be Addressed by Secretary Kearney.
The first address made to any organization of manufacturers in the interest of the balloon flights of the Bennett Cup contest in St. Louis in October will be delivered by Secretary Kearney of the Aero Club Monday at a banquet to be given by the Vehicle and Implement Association at the Jefferson Hotel.
The manufacturers and dealers will be told that there are now nearly 370 members of the St. Louis Aero Club and that the books for membership will be closed when the number has reached 400, which, it is expected, will be at the next meeting. All of the plans for the tournament will be outlined.
Advices were received in St. Louis Monday that the Aero Club of Americo which has its headquarters in New York, has arranged for a banquet in honor of T. T. Lovelace, an expert aeronaut, who will be in St. Louis during the races, and who has some pictures taken from a balloon showing the effects of the earthquake at Kingston. These pictures are said to be the only ones in existence.

Gazzetta dell [['Inielea'?]]
9 Apr- 1908. Bologna.

L'esposizioni di modelli di aeroplan
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Londra 9, mattina.
E' stata inauqurata, all' Agricultural Hall, dall' Aereo-Club della Gran Bretagna un' Esposizione di modelli di aeroplani
Inutile dire che questa Esposizione h un interesse affatto speciale, ed ha ottenuto l'accoglienza piu simpatica del pubblico anglese.  Cinquanta modelli sono esposti Alcuni sono di una semplicita estrema Altri, per contro, sono di costruzione molto studiata.  Ve ne sono in carta, in cartone, in alluminio, ecc.  Ho rilevato pero che pochissimi inventori hanno data al loro apparecchio la struttura dell'uccello.  Solo un modello di aereoplano ha esattamente la forma di un uccello, ed ha molto attirato l'attenzione del pubblico che si interessa all'aereonautica.
  E' il modello del sig. Balston:  questo apparecchio e munito di due ali fisse, che misurano ciascuna metri 2,55.  Nel corpo dell'uccello si trova collocato un piccolo motore, il quale pone in moto due eliche speciali, poste dietro e destinate a sostituire la coda dell'uccello.
  L'apparecchio ha dato, a quanto sembra, risultati soddisfacentissimi.
  Josse Weiss, francese, ha dato al suo apparecchio la forma di un albatro.
  Il generale Baden Powell, che combatte nell'Africa australe contro i boeri, espone tre modelli, uno dei quali e formato da due ali sovrapposte che girano in sanso inverso, e sono azionate da un motore collocato sopra le due ali, motore che pone ugualmente in moto un timone.
  Un povero vecchio.  Fren Hall, e venuto da Eye, nel Sufolck, a piedi fino a Londra, una distanza 152 chilometri, per esporre egli stesso il suo modelo.  Ha portato per quattro gironi il suo apparecchio sotto il braccio.
  Il riassunto, il maggior numero degli apparecchi esposti hanno parecchi elementi di riuscita, ma si rivela tuttavia che questi elementi sono allo stato embrionale.
  Tutti i modelli rimangono esposti fino al 13 aprile.
  I tre inventori, i cui apparecchi daranno migliori risultati in seguito alle esperienze che verranno fatte in presenza dei membri dell'Aero-Club, riceveranno tre premi:  il primo di 3750 franchi; il secondo di 1875;

Wednesday at Baddeck
Eagle Brooklyn
8 Apr 1907
A BIRD-LIKE MACHINE.
  Most flying machines, so called, are nothing more than dirigible balloons, but J. Hoffman, a German privy councilor, has gone to the bird for points, and after twelve years of strenuous experimentation has produced a mechanical bird.  The wings of this bird of steel may be folded close to its sides or extended to varying lengths and the disks with take the place of a tail are ever ready to turn their head up into the wind and prevent a tumble, such as a pigeon may make without fear, but up to the present time a feat not possible for man-made denizens of the air.  This German bird has done no real flying as yet, but the ample figures given by the Scientific American prove that it will have sufficient power, unless some mistake may have crept into Herr Hoffman's calculations, to travel from ten to twelve yards a second or over twenty miles and hour.  When the machine alights - always on the ground it is assumed - the speed of the propeller is reduced, while the wings are adjusted to a steeper inclination by lifting the two back rudders;  then the "whole airship slowly drops upon its rear legs and in a half-flying and half-rolling motion falls on its fore legs."  If it was a bird with only two legs it could not get down so gently.
  The total width of the machine is 76.5 feet, while the length in the direction of flying from the front edge of the propeller to the rear edge of the rudder is 26.5 feet.  The machine when traveling on land with folded wings is 33 feet in length and over 13 feet in breadth.  When the wings are stretched out they may be moved both in a forward and backward direction so as to replace the rudder or correct any mistake in the adjustment of the center of gravity.  Power is to be supplied by a light internal combustion motor.

Inquirer Cincinnati
8 Apr 1907
Is the Pole Waterlogged?
  Walter Wellman, who has been pointed to the northward two or three times with apparent sincerity, has pinned his faith to the balloon as the only means of reaching the immediate vicinity of the North Pole;  and he is frank to acknowledge that the effort he is about to make may be far short of success.  Personal experience in frigid regions naturally places a restraint on high-wrought confidence.  It sounds a good deal better, and has a stronger color of earnestness, to hear Mr. Wellman say that he will make

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[[image The Incomplete Hofmann Flying Machine During Construction.]] [[image The Flying Machine as It Would Appear in Full Flight.]]