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Tribune-New York
12 Apr-1907.
W.K. VANDERBILT, JR., AN AERONAUT
Will Make His First Ascension in Philadelphia-phia To-morrow with a Friend
Although a member of the Aero Club since it was founded, William K.  Vanderbilt, jr., is to make his first ascension to-morrow at Philadelphia. Mr. Vanderbilt will be accompanied by Alan R. Hawley, who is training for the Bennett Cup race, whose guest he will be. On Mr. Vanderbilt's return from Europe a few days ago, he found an invitation from Mr. Hawley to take an aerial voyage await-ing him, and he accepted it at once.
Another balloon will be sent up at the same tine, Dr. T. Chalmers Fulton, one of the vice-presidents of the Philadelphia Aero Club, having plan ned to go up in the Initial, the balloon belonging to Al-fred N. Chandler. He will be accompanied by Arthur T. Atherholt, of Philadelphia.

Star Washington D.C.
12 Apr-1907.
AIRSHIP INVENTOR'S VIEWS
Predicts Great Things Within the Next Fifteen Years.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, April 11.--John Weiss, the latest inventor of an airship, interviewed upon the subject, said:
"Within fifteen years New York will be twelve hours distant from London, a speed of 25- miles an hour being achieved with flying machines of the fixed bird-wing type gliders."
Mr. Weiss explain in detail the experi-ments he is making with gliders, and his future plans go so far as these can be fore-seen.
His first step toward the conquest of the air will be to obtain the mastery over the balance of the simple glider. This consists essentially of a hollow bird body with two fixed outstretched bird wings curving up-ward at the tips. The aeronaut kneels inside the body part and by moving his body slightly backward and forward he is expected to learn to ad-just the center of gravity of the contrivance so that it coincides with the center of the air pressure--the essential principle of aerial flight discovered by Mr. Weiss. The glider is steered to the right or left by slightly raising a small part of the right or left wing.

Sun. New York
12 Apr-1907.
WOOD'S FLYING MACHINE.
Experiments in Johns Hopkins Laboratory Finished--Construction About to Begin
BALTIMORE. April 11.--The preparatory experiments for the flying machine that is being built by Prof. Robert W. Wood. professor of experimental physics in the Johns Hopkins University, with Otto Luytch, a local engineer, are practically competed and the work of construction will begin soon. Prof. Wood has been carrying on these experiments in the Hopkins labora-tory for several months.
The purpose of the experiments has been to test the lifting power and the steadiness of action of screw propellers as the means if ascension and propulsion. On the basis of the results obtained by Prof. Wood a large flying machine will be

the other arm he had a big papers. All the members of the Thaw family party were already in their places, but Thaw did not look at them as he passed close by them, waiting for that until he reached his chair. He seemed nervous, but it was plain that both he and his rel-atives had been informed that the jury had mot come into court to announce any verdict. Considering what an anxious night he must have spent, the defendant looked well. But his hands shook as he

Herald New York
12 Apr 1907
BID MR. WELLMAN AU REVOIR.
Members of the Aero Club on the Pier as the North Pole Hunter Departs.
Among those who gathered yesterday on the French line pier to say farewell to Walter Wellman. who is on his way to Paris to superintend the fitting out of the airship with which he hopes to reach the pole, were C.F. Bishop, President of the Aero Club; Augustus Post, Secretary of that organization; Alan R. Hawley and R. E. King. Mr. Bishop said he would leave for France next week and probably would accompany the expedition as far as Spitzbergen.

Tribune New York
12 Apr - 1907
Mr. Wellman has never said anything which betrays more good sense than his remark that "the plan of reaching the Pole with an airship "is too good to be be ruined by a premature at-"tempt." Those why hope for the ultimate suc-cess of the methods which he has adopted will rejoice to know that he does not intend to start from Spitzbergen until he has made elaborate tests of his vehicle.

Press Philadelphia
12 Apr 1907
NO DUTY ON BALLOONS
Participants for Gordon Bennett Race May Enter Country Free
St. Louis. April 11.--The conditions under which foreign balloons that will participate in the Gordon Bennett cup race in St. Louis in October may enter the country free were received to-day by Secretary John Kearney. of the St. Louis Aero Club, and they will be for-warded to the aero clubs of foreign countries. One of the conditions is that the owner shall make affidavit before the United States consul in his home country that the balloon is in-tended exclusively for the St. Louis race. Warn-ing is given that it must not be placed on ex-hibition or used for commercial or advertising purposes. Otherwise, it will be liable to con-fiscation by the United States Government. It must be shipped out of the country within six months after the date of entry.

Express London Sup.
12 Apr 1907
GERMAN AERONAUTS LAND NEAR LEICESTER
812 MILES VOYAGE
Two German aeronauts, Dr. Kurt Wegener, a lieutenant in the German Army, and Herr Adolph Koch, have accom-plished the feat of travelling from Berlin to Leicestershire by balloon.
They alighted on Thursday evening at 812 miles from Berlin in just under nineteen hours. 
The aeronauts ascended from a suburb of Berlin at 8.12 on Wednesday night, their objective being Ireland. The balloon reached the coast at a point near Amster-dam. and the North Sea was crossed at an altitude of 5,000 feet.
Adverse winds drove them in a south-easterly direction when they reached the English coast, and to was decided to make a descent in Leicestershire. 
They alighted safety, and having de-spatched a telegram to the Kaiser, left for London. Dr. Wegener holds the record for the longest aerial voyage without descent, namely fifty-three hours.
This distance, though a very good one, is far behind the world's record of 1,250 miles achieved boy Count de la Vault in 1900 in a journey from Paris to Kieff, in Russia.
Lieutenant F. P. Lahm, of the United States Army, won the Gordon Bennett race last year by travelling from Paris to Whitby (402 miles).