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Why a NEW [[cut off]] Must be [[cut off]] the AIRSHIP Is the GREATEST FOE of the [[cut off]] Why the COMING AERIAL RACES Are FORCING All GOVERNMENTS to ACT. [[image]] Well Known 1907 Models of Airships and Dirigible Balloons to Compete in the Jamestown Races. All Warfare. [[cut off]]ess in aerial locomotion has [[cut off]] is expected some countries [[cut off]] emselves not to use the enor- [[cut off]] they have acquired--as Eng. [[cut off]] States did on the subject of [[cut off]] deleterious gases. [[cut off]] the United States balloon [[cut off]] in connection with the equip [[cut off]] odrome at Fort Omaha: [[cut off]] more than any one agency I [[cut off]] war unpopular. On that ac- [[cut off]] ght as well indorse their use. [[cut off]] f frontier and coast with the [[cut off]] m and mass the whole popula- [[cut off]] nd you will still not be able [[cut off]] who flies high in air and drops [[cut off]] ur 'impregnable' works and [[cut off]] s. Navies, mine-strewn chan- [[cut off]] of great Sandy Hook 16-inch [[cut off]] s to protect New York against [[cut off]] ce set free from the enemy's [[cut off]] came this Associated Press [[cut off]] ER, West Prussia, March [[cut off]] ice against balloons began [[cut off]] free ballons, released, at [[cut off]] as they floated landwards. [[cut off]] was torn by three shrapnel [[cut off]] own. The other floated in- [[cut off]] en low in air, military men say, [[cut off]] m a predetermined position," or [[cut off]] caped. "Besides," it was added. [[cut off]] alloons. Range would be very [[cut off]] ad there been men in the bal- [[cut off]] ing their altitude and [?] [[cut off]] got immediately overhead ne [[cut off]] ve could touch them. Bullet- [[cut off]] been found, have no real effect [[cut off]] Before you could by bullets [[cut off]] balloon, or airship, would have [[cut off]] s and made off, probably straight [[cut off]] de, whence, out of range, it could [[cut off]] s Post, scientific secretary of the [[cut off]] rica, went down in a Lake sub- [[cut off]] Connecticut. He was much im- [[cut off]] e remarked to a World reporter, [[cut off]] is wonderful under-water engine [[cut off]] e practicable than the means of [[cut off]] it is and of fighting it become [[cut off]] rship--or even the simple balloon! [[cut off]] from a balloon you can see to a [[cut off]] h in water. Haven't you seen [[cut off]] in air, then dive straight down [[cut off]] h their fish? If rules of war did [[cut off]] could easily find • submarine and [[cut off]] ile or explosive down upon it. Of [[cut off]] would be some protection--water. [[cut off]] d if you hit it hard enough. The [[cut off]] water would be at the mercy [[cut off]] the air; it could not shoot back. [[cut off]] need to be invented in order to [[cut off]] r dirigible balloons. Mortars have [[cut off]] vation. I suppose the new guns [[cut off]] ve a spring recoil. All guns must [[cut off]] d to shoot directly upward a suf- [[cut off]] eems the only possibility. In the [[cut off]] d Richmond in the civil war, you [[cut off]] balloons were used for observing [[cut off]] The rebels placed their guns on a [[cut off]] order to get aim. [[cut off]] is the natural antagonist of the [[cut off]] y guns from shore or guns from [[cut off]] h away to be capable of the desired [[cut off]] change such an action from being [[cut off]] el." [[cut off]] Royal Military Institue of Great [[cut off]] weeks ago Major Baden-Powell de- [[cut off]] Germany have so far advanced aerial flight that we may consider the airship a new instrument of war. In six years possibly, in ten years quite certainly, we may expect to see machines in the air under control and in practical use. The [[cut off]] Government will obtain them, and their [[cut off]] will be virtually useless as a first line defense [[cut off]] of the United States Signal Service, [[cut off]] that he believes this country is "far ahead [[cut off]] machines" and that "there will become in [[cut off]] soon forthcoming." He is rely [[cut off]] brothers, who [[cut off]] [[cut off]] Plane to [[cut off]]who lately [[cut off]] to the distance we can travel, we do hold "twenty-four miles as the limit. The new machine will carry sufficient fuel for a 500-mile trip. Any mile-a-minute bicycle rider could take our machine and beat us completely. Our success, we believe, was due to our scientific calculations and to the fact that we have made a superior type of machine. In the matter of propellers we have worked out theories which, in our opinion, will revolutionize the designing of marine screws as well as make possible the navigation of the air. Any government can have exclusive rights to our invention for a short period if it agrees to our terms." In this country there is more faith in aeroplanes than in a power-directed balloons like the airships of France and Germany. Conveniently Gen. Allens's [[cut off]] established at Fort Omaha, for which $15,000 was appropriated this year, will be for the present simple balloons. One was bought in France and one was manufactured on Ninth avenue New York, by Le [[cut off]] "Wh[[cut off]] and is ready to be[[cut off]] shall get [[cut off]]need first[[cut off]] Charles de F[[cut off]] a sort of dread to [[cut off]]men who will feel at home in like a ship commander on his bridge, or our running his automobile." Japan is about the only first-ever which is not taking up war-ballooning delaying until she can adopt the results experiments in the Occident at once. Eyes of the World on America This Year. This year the chief practice in using "the great universal highway overhead" is to be in American air. Through the winning of the first great International Aeronautic Club race by an American, this event has for this been transferred to St. Louis. Numerous races are to be contested at the Jamestown Exhibition, and while most of the year's $315,000 in prizes are limited to England and the Continent, more demonstrations of advancement are expected from the United States than from [[cut off]] The expectation is based chiefly upon the mysterious Wright brothers, of Dayton, O. Witness bear testimony to their flights, and the brothers themselves have made reports to scientific societies-- the [[cut off]] being to the Aero Club, of New York, in which they make the prophesy that this year they will "effectually remove all question that the flying [[cut off]] originated in America." That they can "make good" scientists do not doubt, especially since Octave Chanute, one of the most eminent of experimenters, gave his word as follows: "Yes, I saw the Wright brothers fly. They improved upon my models by their device of putting the tail in front, and several other ways. At their own expense-- as they are not rich they have pursued a remarkable [[cut off]] of experiments. They are born mechanics very quick and deft with their hands. Their [[cut off]] controlling their machine is most surprising [[cut off]] occasion. for example, I saw one of the [[cut off]] land safely while at a speed of fifty miles Owing to the efforts of Sant[[cut off]] we have arrived at the dirigible balloon. But it has so far been found impracticable to impart to this frail structure a velocity sufficient to enable it to make headway against anything but the mildest sort of wind. The character of the balloon problem has therefore changed. Velocity of propulsion rather than steerability is now the chief object of research. Best of the new achievements in flying are those by the Wrights, of Ohio, who have been able to fly in a 925 pound aeroplane, its tail in front, for thirty-eight minutes, over twenty-four miles of distance, "cutting figure eights" in the air, &o. Santos-Dumont has flown in public in Paris 200 feet, ten feet from the ground with a 208 pound aeroplane. De La Vaulx in Paris, at a height of 600 feet, has just safely flown eleven miles in half an hour, with an aeroplane ninety-six feet long. For airships the best records are those of the Lebaudy dirigibles--220 miles in ten hours, making for a certain point and then returning. Count Zeppelin, manoeuvering over Lake Constance, has accomplished eighteen miles in one and a half hours, attaining at times 2,500 feet altitude. $315,475 in Prizes to Aeronauts in 1907. Prizes amounting to $315,475 are offered for aeronautic contests this year. The most important of these will take place in the United States as follows: For the Jamestown Exposition numerous flights are scheduled, and several entries have been received thus early. Besides the better-known airflyers, these new ones have entered: Stanislaus Von Wiszensky, New York, with an aluminum flying machine of 150 pounds weight, driven by a 25 horse-power motor; L. Weill, New York, a flying contrivance "without motors;" D. C. Basset, of South Dakota, who "expects to enter an airship to compete with anything." Here are the dispositions of time for the suggested contests: Special race, Aero Club championship, May 4; dirigible balloons, June 1; competition of ordinary balloons for distance, June 15; for duration, Aug. 3; for objective point, Sept. 7; for altitude, Nov. 16; in pursuit of pilot balloon, Aug. 17. Flying devices heavier than air, with motor and operator, will have their day Sept. 14; with motor Aug. 24; without motor and carrying operator, Sept. 14. There will also be competitions in dropping shells (harmless) nearest selected objective point or target, a search for submarines from warships, &c., and a competition for longest trip, open during exposition. At St. Louis, on Oct. 19, the contest for the Benett International Cup for Balloons will take place. Entries have been announced as follows; France, three balloons; Great Britain, three; Germany, three; Spain, three; Italy, two, and America, three. The contests of the year all over the world are as follows: Le Matin, Paris--$50,000, Paris to London in 1908; 207 miles in less than twenty-four hours; open to dirigible balloons or heavier-than-air machines. Daily Mail, London--$50,000, London to Manchester, 161 miles; open only to heavier-than-air machines owned by members of a recognized aero club. The Car, London--(1) $2,500 (trophy) annually to aeronaut who flies longest distance in United Kingdom without touching ground in a self-propelled heavier-than-air machine; (2) $25 a mile for every mile successfully accomplished in the Daily Mail competition by the machine which completes the longest distance without touching ground, provided at least twenty-five miles is covered. Adams Manufacturing Company, London - $10,000 for any aeroplane that wins the Daily Mail flight, provided it is entirely manufactured in Great Britain or its dependencies. Autocar, London--$2,500 in same connection, provided engine used in the successful aeroplane is made by a British motor-car manufacturer. Daily Graphic, London--$5,000 to the inventor who produces a heavier-than-air machine which will carry one or more persons through the air from one point to another not less than a mile distant. J. Norton Griffiths--Challenge Cup to winner of Daily Mail race. Brookland Automobile Racing Cup--$12,500 to the aeronaut who is successful in flying around the Weybridge track without touching ground from start to finish, at a height of thirty to fifty feet from the ground. Ruinart Pere & Fils--$2,500 to the first aeroplane to fly from French shore to English shore or vice versa; from Cape Fris-Nez to Dover; is about nineteen miles. Societe des Bains de Mer d'Ostende--$40,000 to any flying machine or dirigible to go from Ostend to Paris in twenty-four hours; distance, 186 miles. Henry Deutsch-Archdeacon, Paris--$10,000 to heavier-than-air machine which accomplishes closed circuit of sixty-two miles without touching ground. Daily Mail, London--$1,250 for three best models of heavier-than-air machines exhibited at exhibition, London, April 13, 1907. Barnum & Bailey--$10,000 for the purchase of a heavier-than-air machine to be used daily. Frank Hedges Butler, London--Challenge Cup for the longest distance covered by aeroplanes or balloons starting from London on a given date. Lord Howard De Wald [[cut off]] Prize--Offered for a type heavier-than-air. Sir David [[cut off]] --For a heavier-than-air type. Bennett International Aeronautic $3,500 Cup--International contest for [[?]] open to clubs only belonging to the Feders. Lahm Cup, $500 value red by the Aero Club of America to members of [[cut off]] for the longest distance in the [[?]] by bal [[cut off]] United States. Total prizes, value of ...$315,175 with Aero Club of America's [[cut off]] plane flight (conditions to be announced later).......... Grand total..... Airship-Destroyers Next, Says Hudson Maximum HUDSON MAXIMUM inter of maximite and stabillite, forsees it immediately one belligerent employs [[cut off]] oons and airships for attack, the other will h [[cut off]] hein also. "To counter is the rule of war as in boxing." he remarked. "Armed with rapid-firers these airships would meet and [[cut off]] ch other in the sky. "Should some escape [[cut off]] eed in getting above the enemy's works with the damage they would inflict could loose. Five hundred pounds of dynamite [[cut off]] upon roadway would tear up the road and the fronts of buildings. Its area of eff [[cut off]] would be about 500 feet. "But if the same amount of explosive were dropped upon Fort worth it would not accomplish much. "If a hundred airs carrying ten tons of dynamite, were to pass over fortifications and drop their explosives upon New York there [[cut off]] considerable harm done. We also [[cut off]] squadron to intercept them, but supp [[cut off]] not [[?]] can fire at an angle of [[cut off]] the airships could not always be just [[cut off]] out of range of all the coast guns [[cut off]] [[cut off]] time they could be shot at,[[cut off]] [[cut off]] near a balloon or airship [[cut off]] [[cut off]] [[cut off]] balloon succeeded in getting [[cut off]] [[cut off]] a submarine and drop a pr [[cut off]] [[cut off]] course the submarine, if alone, [[cut off]] [[cut off]] ss. But that sort of craft is [[cut off]] [[cut off]] nied. From ship or shore some same moment have an opportun [[cut off]] [[cut off]] ject in the air. [[cut off]] even if a submarine now an [[cut off]] [[cut off]] at way-what of it? Defenses [[cut off]] [[image]] The Balloon Bulding [[cut off]] James own Exposition [[image]] This Map Shows All Foreign Voyages from St. Louis, Where the International Balloon Races Are to Take Place Next Fall. Prof. Wise's Trip Made in 1859, [[cut off]] ecord Till 1900. It Was made in the Balloon 'Atlantic,' Containing 60,000 Cubic Feet of Gas, and Covered 1,150 Miles in 19 Hours an [[cut off]] es. Prof. Wise's Second Flight in 1878 Came to Grief in Lake Michigan. All the Other Flights Indicated Were of Small Unmanned [[cut off]] ent Up in 1904 to 1906 for Experimental Purposes from the United States Meteorological Observatory. Progress of Sky Travel to the Present Day. BALLOONS. [[6 Column Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Date. | Altitude. | Hours in Air. | Miles Flight. | Balloon or Pilot. | Country. | | 1783 | 2,000 | .... | 37 | Charles | France | | 1859 | .... | 19 3/4 | 1,150 | John Wise | United States | | 1863 | 37,000 | .... | .... | .... | England | | 1889 | 31,000 | .... | .... | Berson | Germany | | 1893 | 24,000 | .... | .... | Lissandier | France | | 1899 | .... | 5 1/2 | 200 | Spencer | England | | 1900 | 18,000 | 35 3/4 | 1,192 | De La Vauix | France | | 1906 | .... | 14 1/2 | 225 | homas | United States | | 1906 | 29,000 | .... | .... | Glaisher | England | | 1906 | 28,930 | Over Mt. Blanc | .... | Usuelli | Italy | | 1906 | .... | 16 | 420 | Vivian IV. | England | | 1906 | 9,000 | 23 | 402 | Lahm | United States | AIRSHIPS [[8 Column Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Date. | Altitude. | Hours in Air. | Miles. | Motor H.P. | Weight or Length. | Pilot. | Country. | | 1884 | Mendon to Paris & ret. | | | 8 | 220 lbs. | Renard | France | | 1901 | .... | .... | 9 | 20 | 108 ft. | Santos-Dumont | Brazil | | 1903 | Over London | | | .... | .... | Spencer | England | | 1905 | .... | 8 | Over Paris | 16 | ....| Santos-Dumont | Brazil | | 1906 | .... | 22 | 220 | .... | .... | De La Vauix|France | | 1906 | 2" 0 | 1 1-3 | 18 | 170 | 410 ft. | Zeppelin | Germany | | 1906 | .... | 1 | 12 | 7 | 110 ft. | Stevens | United States | | 1907 | .... | 10 | 230 | 70 | 196 ft. | Lebaudy | France | AEROPLANES. [[8 Column Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Date. | Altitude. | Hours. | Miles. | Motor H.P. | Weight or Length. | Pilot | Country. | | 1906 | 15 | .... | 1/8 & ret. | 2.4 | 208 lbs. | Santos-Dumont | Brazil | | 1906 | .... | 1/2| 24 | 15 | 925 lbs. | Wright | United States | | 1907 | 600 | 1/2 | 11 | 16 | 96 ft. | De La Vauix | France |
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