The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-30
AERIAL
The Experiment of Captain R~nasd, Of the
French tnEin~ers

French tngin~~rs
The renewal Of Captain Renar!'.
balloon experiments \; Mcutcn. on the
Seine. Seems 10 have met with a good
degree Of success. OF cour>e ~favora-
be circumstances were chosen. the " nj
on one trial blowing only abou, two
miles an hour an! on the other perhaps
SIN or eight y Il. io make
against any wind ! a rain in aeronau;-
les In the Recent TRIAL, on two sue
ce>sIYc DAYS the distance undertaken
was about I'VE miles. the j~ourn-g out
ward IN one case and hJmcwari IN tn.
other being made sgau,, the wind
The trp 20 windward occupied abou,
three-quartsrs Of IN hour. or twice a,
long a. the one before the WIND. No
effort, OF cOur-c. va, made 10 reach \
great altitude.
Journey.ng through the air IN - -
has always been an aim u. mankind.
while tn" aua!o-uu, d--irr for W.ug-
Ike i bird has. II III the day~ o:
lcaru, To our, produced bold attempt,
- 'fN u yl4 III IOa 80
dom resulting IN broken lcyS or n. -.
Twenty year, AGO the A,runauti,a 10
c!cts oi Great B-:an gave much attn
ton To this latter quest \ Mr.. >prn-
Ger ~ that ! me claimed :, have taken
leap, OF a hun irei feet from the round
10y mechanical ad-. anu 4 Mr.. haui-
mann butt i machine which Wa 70 b.
sustained and propelled by huge wings
i hcse curious, devices cam. 10 moth.
ing. and doubtless hal been rr>ortrd
10 BECAUSE the orr nary balloon seemed
hopeless - rely on for nav gable air
ships. To get adequate power thout
too heavy weight had been iuunt i'm
possible. and applying a Ea> balloon -
help hold up tn. machine created A
volume which put the apparatus at thu
mercy Of the winds. Bu, after the fail
urc of the devices Just spoken of. AMI
after two .light, with VIM, in Iari-
and Vienna had nearly or quite Killed
The c\prrfucntcr> and We're shown 10
have" been mere tr>ccut~ carthwSfd.
this temporary c.iort To- solve the prob
lem Of aerOnaUtIC~ by GONG 10 ng-
turc and PLAYING bird was abandoned.
Wing, were lett 10 Theatrical fare.
amt air ships proper agan r>>aycd
To Recount The lives AMI fortunes cN-
pended III TIL, quest would De- a lpuy
ta>N. scores of machine, have been
built. with great IA -, and cost. unl, -
TAI when they at,riIptc To- face an al
verse wind The dryolc,- al PERPETUAL
motion have not been more persistent
Than thp>" Of a"rll navigation. Bur
the old difficulty always returned. iha,
power roqu rrd weight. and ar;.ucr~ to
offset We "ht 10y extra lryiy made the
Ighicnei ,truc uic q prey 80 the winds
At length tn" storage of electrical
power revived hope 81 >ccer,.. and last
a It'll" more than - century after
the honiyolicr> hal introduced bal
looming. Il step toward aerial uayIya-
ton wa taken. The Ii~-lud Els used
-tprlgc batter -. but with ut'l" Suc-
cess; then. III Au-u,.. Captain Charlie,
i;cuart. oi the French engineers. made
a>ccn 4, N-uIon in a 80 ur-~hapri
craft HIlcd with b, drogcn -, an pro-
NIdcd with a rulic~ and 4 screw pro-
~Irllrr. The ma hin" rp,- - a short
distance above the a'clu ui Cha Hon.
and. alter some rocking. the propeller,
by "lr trical power. carried the
balloon rap div over Mcuiun Forest.
Then. the ruidrr being applied the ar
shir turned toward i'r'it Bicctrr. and
finally made - complete circle. 80 that
after u yoyag" Of twcnty-tiY" minutes
IL descended exactly at the point
whcuc. II had started
That was the first .cnu n" balloon
steering that had ever been accom-
pl.>hcd. and great was the enthusiasm
D cr il. Al N Il. al -. rctrr-burgh. ut
Ohhtl. like devices were undertaken.
and IN tAis oGuutry a Il r "!hl" war bal
loon WA, announced. Meanwhile "
llcrvc Manguu informed the French
Academy of Science that the problem
of aerial navigation Wa solved. Tn
when the mach!u. WAS
tried again. IL made a failure. the
screw working for les than a quarter
of an hour. The new trial mad been
under AIKEN against Il fresh hr""l", and
that proved fatal Two months NOR"
elapsed. and then Captain l%;cnar,i. with
a brother Office. made q third cNprr-
merit. which resulted. hk" the first. i'm
steering. inc JOURNEY ''tI
pyin" three quarters oi AN hour. III.
general ~judgu.l; of the a"rOnIut WAS
that a ship capable of being pr, p"llcd
for a short time IN calm or light breeze
had been produced, but noi on" that
could breast wind
The recent trials If "A new air ship in.
dlcatc that some gain has been ei-
fectcd. Last years balloon WAS
SAID 10 bc Of ten horse power. working
four hours. This year seem, To lee
about n fifth les. powerful. an! with
caplbilIty of working only half that
Zine. But 1t j. s;eaii.r and seems to
have gained in lightne>s. a. hOugh now
Carrying three persons instead Of two.
Perhaps. also. the power of last years
machine was mi-stated and eNagg"r-
atei. since in the actual trial. i, DID not
operate c~OEsccutively for an hour.
Within certain i'm . and under GER
tain conditions Of very light wind the
strcrable balloon has apparently al
vanced enough for purposes Of DC
ca-ional experiment or pleasure; but
there are great steps yet To take before
ordinary and practicable
travel in the ain. J. Tunes.