The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-26
CONFIDENT OF HIS AIRSHIP.
" IOrIs ROxE MAKING FINAL
PREPARATIONS ron mrs TEST.
vsrl. sn Inherent ltses uss These sf
ssnts~-Dument -Hs He'd success
With usseis IN. Berrube Atse in b
Cempstitisa Win o F1ptng Machine.

sants>-Dumsut Has 1tsd success
With Msae,s NJ. Berrube Ass In the
~Cemps,iusa win . Flptns Machine.
PANS, Aug. n.-0wing 10 the disaster
tint has befallcn NJ. santoe- Dumont's
balloon interest h for tho moment turned
fam 81. Cloud To Argenteuil. whore NJ.
Louis Rozo Is making his final preparations
id soaring through the skies. A. the
Heht. active Santos-D ,imont h an sdvo-
ode for a machins lighter than air. 90 IN
,p heavier and more solid NJ. Ros~ an
schocate for an air~hip that b heavier
,han air. lie depends on two vertical
crews To give him tho necessary power
To- withstand the force Of gravity. while
n. progression his machine n supplied
With two horizontal rcrews. PLACED fore
ana aft, which determine his motion In
ana deAired direction. NJ. Roxe declares
that all his models to scale have given
mad satisfactory resu lts. and that now
rv,rvthing h eady for q first experiment
VIII the actual sirship > soon a. atmos-
pleric conditions are absolutely favorable.
To the casual spectator NJ. Ros appears
,o much an enthusiast and his machine
somewhat too complicated In copstruc-
H. M IUI HINaN ~ W w Iltatf1 I'll tN4
susSs-s. Andre himself had not taken
more precautions against all possible con
,ihEencies than has NJ. Ro1e, but juet ss
Andres balloon leaked too freely NJ NJ.
Rnze's refused the oaher day to fulfil the
hrst duty Of an aero-tat, the elementary
cnc Of rising from tho ground. Never
,heless. the sanguine NJ. Roze Is not dis-
outraged, for Theoretically there u no
reason whatever Why the machine should
no, &C, exactly on all fours with the model.
In,cryier,i Yesterday NJ. Ro.e said he
h,r~d 10 ascend In a few days. that his
a.endine power would he OF 1000 kilo~,
his total weight will he about $3.50 kilos.
IN, the trial trim n. will take with him only
,hr.o or four person.
Il n have but LITTLE ballast. for, while.
u,ng ALA 90 travail uk. anv other balloon
h, cn.e'o Of accident TO nv motor. l shall
not mall. Use of that faculty. shall re-
main slon nv tbe energy acquired. / shall
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