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1907 June 13, Thursday at Baddeck 103 Herald New York 23 Ap - 1907. TO MAKE LONG BALLOON TRIP HERALD BUREAU, No. 1,502 H STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C., Monday. Captain De F. Chandler, of the Signal Corps, has been ordered to make a balloon trip from that city next week. Captain Chandler will be observer for the army in a long distance test to be made by J. C. McCoy, of the Aero Club, who will try to travel from St. Louis to Washington in his balloon in the first of a series of tests in which the army is interested. A great number of balloon expeditions are planned from Fort Leavenworth and Omaha with army balloons. The Sun New York 23 Ap - 1907 J. C. M'COY AFTER LAHM BALLOON CUP He and Captain Chandler Will Leave for St. Louis on Thursday with the America. J. C. McCoy will go after the Lahm Balloon Cup from St. Louis next Saturday. Accompanied by Captain Charles De F. Chandler, of the War College, he will leave for St. Louis on Thursday, arriving there the following night, ready to take advantage of the first favorable opportunity to win the coveted trophy. Alan R. Hawley and Leo Stevens will also go to St. Louis at the same time, but Mr. Hawley is not yet eligible to compete for the Lahm trophy, as he has to make four more ascensions before he can become an accredited pilot of the Aero Club, and only accredited pilots can compete for the cup under the terms of the deed of gift. Mr. Hawley and Mr. Stevens will, however, make several ascensions from St. Louis. To win the cup Mr. McCoy will have to sail more than 402 miles, the distance covered by Lieutenant Frank H. Lahm when he won the International Challenge Cup for America in Europe last autumn. His big, new balloon, the America, has been shipped to St. Louis and he expects to find everything there in readiness for the start when he arrives. Elaborate preparations have been made to keep complete records of the trip. Captain Chandler will have charge of this part of the undertaking, while Mr. McCoy will direct the flight of the balloon. It may be several days before a start is made, but Mr. McCoy has made his plans to remain on the ground in readiness until the weather conditions suit him. In a light wind it would be hopeless to attempt to break Lieutenant Lahm's record, and if the wind is strong it is regarded as important that it shall be from the west, so as to avoid carrying the balloon into Canada or to the far West. Mr. Hawley will use the Orient, belonging to the Aero Club. The aeronauts expect to be gone a week or as much longer as may be necessary to make the ascensions planned. American New York 23 Ap - 1907 2 IN WILD 65-MILE DASH IN A BALLOON Hawley and Atherholt, in Peril of Flying Out to Sea, Drop in Matawan Creek. START AT PHILADELPHIA Caught in a Gale at Height of 8,000 Feet, They Have a Thrilling Ride. Shooting up to a height of 8,000 feet over the city of Philadelphia and rushing northeast at a terrific rate, A. N. Chandler's balloon "Initial," containing Allan R. Hawley, of New York, and Arthur T. Atherholt, of Philadelphia, landed at Matawan, N. J., yesterday, after making the sixty-five miles in less than an hour and a half. At times the balloon went at the rate of almost a mile a minute. Once it shot up to a height of 12,000 feet, and it was only by chance that the aeronauts escaped being carried out to sea. As it was, they landed in a creek and both of them [[cut off]] The Sun New York 23 Apr 1907 DRIVEN SEAWARD IN BALLOON AERONAUTS FROM PHILADELPHIA COME DOWN AT MATAWAN. Descend Suddenly Into a Creek After a Ride in a Gale 7,000 Feet Up-Alan R. Hawley's Sixth Ascension of a Preparatory Course of Ten-Got Badly Sunburned. First shooting up to a height of 7,000 feet at Philadelphia and rushing north at a terrific rate, the balloon Initial, belonging to A. N. Chandler, Philadelphia and New York broker, and containing Alann R. Hawley of New York and Arthur T. Atherholt of Philadelphia, landed yesterday afternoon at Matawan, N. J., less than two hours afterward, having come about eighty-five miles. At times the balloon, which has a capacity of 35,000 cubic feet, went at the rate of almost a mile a minute. Once it got up 12,000 feet and it was only by luck that the aeronauts escaped being carried out to sea. As it was, they landed in a creek and both of them were rather badly bruised. Hawley is qualifying for the international balloon races to be held at St. Louis next October. In order to do this he has to make ten ascensions, of which this is the sixth. With Atherholt, he started from the grounds of the United Gas Improvement Company at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, at 12:37 P.M. yesterday. It was 2:31 when the balloon dipped into the creek at Matawan close to Raritan Bay. Mr. Atherholt said after the trip: "It was the most sensational ascension Hawley and I ever made. First we went up to a prodigious height and then found that the wind was blowing a gale up there. It was bearing us straight to New York at the rate of forty or fifty miles an hour, and we decided to stay in it and break the record. It was perfectly clear and we went rushing along at express speed at 7,000 feet height. Suddenly something atmospheric occurred, because we went shooting up to a higher level. Less than two hours had passed, when we saw the sea off to the east. Up to then we had not known where we were. Then we dropped into the creek. Went and a few bruises and that's all." Mr. Hawley was at the Aero Club here last night telling the club members about it. At the start, he said, the balloon was banged against the sides of the gas tank with such force that she threatened to go to pieces or throw Hawley and Atherholt out. Seeing the danger Hawley cut the rope without warning. The balloon shot up over a mile before the men in the car gained control. Hawley suffered no trouble with his breathing and noticed no crackling of the outer envelope of the balloon. The big bas bag struck its gait above the mile level and started north in under a 50 mile an hour breeze. Later the course changed to northeast. The highest altitude attained was over New Brunswick, N. J., where the instruments recorded about 8,612 feet. At 2:10 the balloonists found themselves over Matawan. The wind was increasing and the sun beat down so strongly that both men suffered severely from sunburn. They decided to try for a landing, but as the balloon descended they found that they were directly over the village and fearing a wreck among the houses they threw out ballast and sailed over to the west side of the town, where they descended. The anchor failed to take hold and the balloon dragged into a shallow creek which was so crooked in its course that Hawley and his friend got ducked several times before they were rescued by a party of villagers who had run out to see the fun. Hawley lost his barometer in the mixup [[sic]]. Mr. Hawley told the Aero Club that they must be careful in making balloon trips near the coast or the ocean would get them. He had observed, he said, that all the upper currents near the coast tend to carry to balloon out to sea. He thought that the balloonists who are able to make ascensions at the Jamestown Exposition should be warned.
