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1907 June 13. Thursday at Baddeck 95 [[CUTOFF] ess Philadelphis 18 Ap - 1907 TO CAPE MAY BY AIR --Daring Aeronauts in Two Balloons to Attempt Flight from This City. If the weather be fair to-day the first double balloon ascension to take place in this city will occur at the United Gas Improvement Athletic Club grounds, Point Breeze, at noon. The two gas bags which will soar into the clouds are the "Orient" and the "Initial." In the former will be Allan R. Hawley and J. C. McCoy, of New York, and in the latter, which is the property of A. N. Chandler, of this city, will be Dr. T. Chalmers Fulton, second vice-president of the local Aero Club, and Arthur T. Atherholt. The destination of the balloons will be determined by the direction of the wind, but it is said that if possible a flight to Cape May will be attempted. It was at first reported that William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., who is a member of the Aero Club of New York, but who has as yet not risked his life in midair, preferring the lesser dangers of the automobile course, would ascend in one of the balloons, built is now said that the multi-millionaire never had any such intention. Dr. Fulton will hold the valve cord of the "Initial" and Mr. Hawley that of the "Orient." It is believed that to-day's ascensions will be the first of a series to be made here by prominent New Yorkers, for the acili9ties for inflating the gas bags are the best in the country. The Ben Franklin Balloon Association, made up of members of the Philadelphia Aero Club, is building a huge balloon, which will have a capacity of 92,000 feet of gas and will support half a dozen passengers. A trial of this mammoth affair will probably take place late next month. Vindicator Youngstown 20 Apr 1907. Air Ship Inventor Man Who Designed Aluminum Sky Navigator Well Known Here. A former Youngstown man, well known in Alliance and throughout the entire state, has invented an aluminum airship, which he believes will make flights easy and thus solve the problem of aerial navigation. A dispatch says: Trenton, N. J., April 19.-Willaim J. Brewer, of this city, has secured a patent on what he believes will revolutionize aero navigation. His airship is made of aluminum, with divided air chambers to prevent a tumble in case of accident. It will be 35 feet long, 20 feet wide, weight 1,200 pounds and have a 40-horse power motor. It will carry four persons. He expects to have a working model completed in three months, and asserts that in it he can soar through the air at will with perfect safety. Mr. Brewer was formely a captain in charge of the Salvation Army at Alliance. Afterwards he went to New York and served as editor of the War Cry, the official organ of the army. He has many friends in Youngstown. Post Express Rochester N.Y. 19 Apr - 1907. Great Britain Selects Prominent Aeronauts In An Effort To Win The International Cup. [[images four and drawing one]] Mr Harold F. Perrin Mr. Griffith Brewer Hon. C. S. Rolls Professor Huntington London, April 19.- Although four men have been chosen as the British team of this year's Coupe Internationale, the Hon. C. S. Rolls, Professor Huntington and Mr. Griffith Brewer are certain to be the reserves. The Hon. C. S. Rolls was well known as an antomobilist long before he took up with aeronatics. The same cool judgment which marks his automobile racing characterizes his ballooning, and his fine show last year in the Coupe Internationale makes him look like a possible winner of this year's race in America. Ledger - Birmingham 20 Apr 1907 Wants Special Charts For The Balloonist. London, April 29.-So different from its appearance to people walking on the earth does its surface appear to the balloonist that it is extremely difficult for him to locate his exact position by ordinary maps. Mr. Frank H. Butler, the famous aeronaut, has suggested that special charts be made in same way as nautical charts, and he demonstrated the use of such charts during the course of a short voyage in his ablloon, "Dolce far Niente," when outstanding landmarks were noted ofr the purpose of acting as guides to those who might afterwards travel in the same direction. It was found that streets and indeed towns were no guide at all when looked at from a bird's-eye point of view they appeared only as longer or shorter blotches of slate roofs. The streets and roads also looked like white lines merely, each one resermbling the other much as two pins resemble each other. London, April 19.-Although four
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Youngstown article contains a typo which was transcribed as printed: formely (instead of formerly) also in last article ablloon (instead of balloon) and ofr (instead of for) and resermbling (instead of resembling).
