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Wind Comes from the West. - NIGHT VOYAGE IS BEST - Aeronaut Will Carry Provisions for Thirty-Six Hour Voyage, - PROVISIONS CARRIED FOR A LONG FLIGHT. Five "thermos" bottles - two quarts and three pints-of hot coffee, hot tea and hot milk. These bottles hold the original temperature of the liquid for 48 hours. Five cans of soup - chicken comsomme, etc. Six quart bottles of water. One pint can each of braised beef, beef a la mode, beef steam, Irish stew and Hungarian goulash. Two cakes of milk chocolate. Two pounds of crackers. One pint of brandy. One dozen oranges. The table service consists of an enameled plate, knife, fork and spoon to each man. - On wind and weather depends the success of the balloon flight that J.C. McCoy of New York will make from St. Louis, today or tomorrow if possible, in an effort to win the Lahm Distance Cup, McCoy had planned to begin the air voyage yesterday evening, accompanied by Capt. Chandler of the United States Army. In the morning, however, Weather Forecaster Bowie told him that in order to carry out his plan of sailing eastward toward Washington he would have to wait at least 36 hours, as there would be no wind from the west within that time. So McCoy decided to postpone the trip. He will start as soon as the wind shifts to the right direction for the voyage. To win the trophy, McCoy must exceed the 402 miles covered by Capt. Lahm in the races from Paris last year. The element of time does not figure in the competition. McCoy is confident that he will beat the record in his balloon, the "America." The disappointment of St. Louis balloon enthusiasts at the postponement of the long-distance flight was offset by the exciting start made by Alan R. Hawley, along in the balloon "Orient," from the Laclede Gas Light Co's yards at Main and Rutger streets. Hawley left the earth at 2:15 p.m. yesterday. Two hours later, according to a telephone message to the Post-Dispatch he landed safely on the farm of Robert Hardcastle, seven miles east of Carrollton, Ill. on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, 60 miles north of St. Louis. An Exciting Landing. The balloon in descending just cleared a barbed-wire fence and fell among a herd of cattle. A wild stampede was the result. In an adjoining field a team of horses took fright and ran away. Farmers came to the rescue of Hawley from surrounding fields. The balloon was packed up and the aeronaut went to Carrollton, a town of 6000, for the night. He telephone that he would be unable to return to St. Louis Saturday night for a second ascension that he had planned. The balloon after rising into the air from the gas yards narrowly missed colliding with a shed. Hawley saved himself by hastily throwing overboard two sacks of ballast, clearing the roof of the shed by only a few inches. Then the care caught and held for an instant in a string of telegraph wires. A crowd of 300 persons looked on anxiously as the car righted itself and the balloon sailed away gracefully to the northwest. The ascension was the seventh of a series of ten that Hawley must make in order to qualify as pilot of "The City of St. Louis" in the international race for the Bennett cup next October. Dodged a Wire. Mr. Hawley told a Post-Dispatch reporter over the long-distance telephone last night that the flight was highly successful. "But I don't want another suck experience as I had in starting," he added. "That was a little too exciting. I heard the crowd yell and looked around just in time to see the car catch and hang on a wire. I ducked. I dind't know whether the wire was 'live' or 'dead.' Luckily, the care freed itself and I got away all right. "The general course of the balloon was northeast, but over Alton, at an altitude of 3500 feet, I ran into all sorts of air currents. The balloon was thrown north, east, south and west. till I didn't know in what direction I was going. I am still trying to make a chart of that part of the trip. "The highest altitude I reached was 6000 feet. During the last 15 minutes before I landed the balloon was only 200 feet from the ground, with the drag rope catching among the trees. I landed safely." The balloon "America," in whih McCoy will try to beat Lahm's distance record, was built by Leo Stevens, the professional aeronaut of the New York Aero Club, who accompanied the party of New York balloon experts to St. Louis. The "America" has a capacity of 80,000 cubic feet of gas. When inflated it is a globe 53 feet in diameter. The basket, or car, of the "America," swinging in midair, will be the home McCoy and Capt. Chandler for 36 hours, unless weather conditions compel an earlier descent. The care is built of stout willow and rattan, interwoven. It is 6 feet 6 inches long, 5 feet wide and 4 feet 6 inches deep. Nothing could be more shipshape than the interior of this car. Not an inch of space is waited. Besides the two men the care must carry ballast, provisions and all the equipment necessary to a long flight. Two feet from the floor of the car is a bed, running the full length of the basket wide enough for one man to sleep in comfortably. The bed is swung on ropes attach to the top of [illegible]. In the daytime it serves as a - Captain Chandler and McCoy Will Wait for Strong West Wind ST. LOUIS. April 28.-The balloon ascension to have been made in St. Louis tonight by Captain Charles Chandler, United States Signal Corps. and J.C. McCoy, of New York city, was postponed. It was decided to wait for a strong west wind, Captain Chandler and McCoy desiring to land near Washington. Captain Chandler is testing the adaptability of balloons for use by the government in war. He will also attempt to exceed the long distance balloon record of 402 miles. He hopes to be able to start tomorrow. Herald New York. 29 Apr 1907 AERONAUT ADMIT THE ITALIANS TO ST. LOUIS RACE. - Cortlandt F. Bishop, President of Aero Club of America, Says Few Are More Capable Than Vonwiller and Usuelli and Hopes Their Entries Will be Accepted. - [SPECIAL CABLE TO THE HERALD.] HERALD BUREAU, No. 49 Avenue de l'Opera Paris, Monday. Cortlandt Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America, just arrived here, having been a passenger on the Kaiser Victoria, told a Herald correspondent that he hoped some means might be yet employed to permit the Italians to take part in this year's contest at St. Louis. "Of course, according to the rules," he said, "the Italians were too late with their entries, but it seems a pity to exclude them, for they are very capable aeronauts. In fact I think there are very few more capable than Vonwiller and Usuelli." Mr. Bishop is not able to say how the Italians may be taken in the competition. The decision on the subject rests with the International committee, but he is hopeful that proper influence may prevail. - NO BALLOON ASCENSION. - St. Louis, Mo., Sunday.- The balloon ascension to have been made in St. Louis to-night by Captain Charles Chandler, E.S. Signal Corps, and J.C. McCoy, of New York city, was postponed. It was decided to wait for a strong west wind. Captain Chandler and McCoy desiring to try to land near Washington. Herald New York 29 Apr-1907 BIGGEST BALLOON LANDS SAFELY - The Aigle, With Ten Aeronauts, Makes Trip from Saint Cloud to Point Near Blois - SMALLEST ALSO ON VOYAGE - The Micromegas, One-Tenth as Large, Descends at Persac After Successful Journey. - (SPECIAL CABLE TO THE HERALD.) HERALD BUREAU. NO. 49 AVENUE DE L'OPERA PARIS SUNDAY. The biggest balloon in France, the Aigle, which left the Aero Club grounds, at St. Cloud, last evening, carrying ten famous aeronauts, M. Georges Besancon, Comte de Castillon de Saint Victor, M. Rene Garnier, M. Etienne Giraud, M. Alfred Leblanc, M. Georges Le Brun, M. Francois Pevrey, M. Santos-Dumot, M. Paul Tissandier and M. Ernest Zenes, is of 4,150 cubic metres capacity and is owned by M. Jacques Balsan. It was manufactured in 1904 by Maurice Mallot. Last night's ascent was its second. Leaving at nearly the same time as the Aigle was the Micromegas, of 400 cubic metres, piloted by M. Georges Bans. If a race were possible, with both balloons mainly depending upon the wind for direction and speed, it was a case of the biggest versus the smallest, as the Micromegas is one of the most microscopic of balloons. The Micromegas descended at seven o'clock this morning at Persac, in the department of Vienne, between POitiers and Limoges. The Aigle landed about the same time new Blois. The wind remained light throughout the voyage.
