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Under a clear sky, the balloon got full strength of the sun's heat, and highly expanded gas continued to li until the automatic instruments reco a height of twelve hundred feet. 

As the balloon was approaching M wan Mr. Hawley decided to make a l ing rather than try to cross to St Island. Gradually he let the gas esc and when about one hundred feet from earth he pulled the rip cord. 
He had made no mistake in choosing place to land and the balloon struck an open field, but by a combination circumstances most of the gas failed escape. It happened that the section the big bag which was ripped open underneath when the balloon came d and the gas was held almost as comple as if nothing had been done to set it f 
Before anything could be done to s the situation Mr. Hawley and Mr. At holt were swept across the field and i a creek. Through the creek the bas was dragged, while the aeronauts cl to the ropes of the basket, drenching b men thoroughly, and up a small hill almost to a wood before the last of gas had finally escaped. Neither of men was hurt. 

Times New York 
23 Ap - 1907 
FAST 80-MILE RIDE IN A BIG BALLOON
Alan R. Halwey of the Aero Clu Makes a Notable Ascent, Rising 1 2-3 Miles. 
SUNBURNED BY THE TRI 
Aerial Car Reaches Speed of 30 Mil an Hour and Runs Alongside a Big Cloud-Landing in the Mud. 
Alan R. Hawley, who has been select as one of the American Representatives f the James Gordon Bennett international balloon race at St. Louis on Oct. 19, ma one of the most remarkable short-distance balloon flights yesterday that has ev been made in this country. Leaving Ne York on the 7 o'clock train for Philade phia in the morning, he made his asce sion at 12:37 o'clock from the Point Bree gas works, accompanied by Arthur Atherolt of the Aero Club of Philadelphia 
They were in the air two hours and half, landing near Matawan, on the edg of Raritan Bay, having traveled near eighty miles at an average of more tha thirty miles an hour. At one time the ba loon reached an altitude of 2,600 meter about one and two-third miles, the highest point ever reached by Mr. Hawley the twenty or more ascensions he ha made in the last two years. 
Besides the remarkable speed an height attained by the balloon, the ascension illustrated in a remarkable degre the future of aeronautis as a popular d version for short and comfortable trip The trip exemplified the possibility of th balloonist's getting an early mornin breakfast in New York, going to Philade phia by railroad, coming back almost t his home through the air, and arriving i the city in time for dinner. 
Late in the evening Mr. Hawley appeared, very much sunburned, but bubbling over with enthusiasm, at the room of the Aero Club of America, 12 Eas Forty-second Street, where, at the earnes solicitation of the members he gave graphic account of his journey. 
"It was the snappiest, sportiest, an fastest trip I have ever made," he said 
"I telephoned at 6 o'clock in the morning to have the balloon put in readines for the ascent and took the first trai out of the city. 
"When I reached the gas works th wind was very light, but by noon it wa plowing nearly thirty miles an hour an it was all the workmen could do to kee 

is shown in two reports soon to be published by the Department of Commerce and Labor. It appears that both France and Germany are taking great interest in this branch of science, or industry, but while France has had a school of ballooning in operation for about 100 years, Germany is but now starting one. 
Consul Thomas H. Norton reports that Paul Spiegel, a textile manufacturer, is to be the director of the New Aeronautic School, which will be established at Chemnitz, Saxony, May 1. Herr Spiegel has made 6,000 ascents and has delivered many lectures on ballooning. The circular of the school says that "an airship offers to its passengers delights unsurpassed by any other method of travel, and places at the service of the lover of nature the grandest experiences that life on our planet affords." 
There have been eight applications for entrance to the school, and only one of them was from Germany. The tuition is placed at $149 a year, payable monthly in advance. 
In France instruction in ballooning is given by clubs, of which there are four in Paris and five elsewhere, and by the Government, which has two schools. The objects are sport, scientific study, and experiments, and the encouragement of aeronautics. Young men who become proficient in handling balloons and pass an examination may, when drawn for military service, enter the d'aerostiers, which is part of the regiment of engineers. Most of the ascensions are made with captive balloons. 

Press New York 
23 Ap - 1907 
WILD DASH IN BALLOON ENDS IN WATERY SPLASH 
New York Broker and Companion