The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-09
ADVANCE IN AIR NAVIGATION
TWO HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AS-
 CENTS IN FRANCE.
DiriEibie Airship Constructed for the Lebaudys Goes Through All Sorts of EvOIutiOns with No TrOubIe-santos DumOnI's Record RadIy Smashed Latter Tries His New Airship.

Paris, May S.-The airship construct ed for the Lebaudy Brothers made a highly successful trip to-day under Pi- lot Juchmes and Engineer Key. The start was made at a. m. from St. Mar | tin during light rain and with brisk wind blowing. The dirigible airship passed over number of suburban towns. At Nantes the airship made a circuit around the cathedral spire and left that town going diagonally against the wind. Over Limay, Nantes and Rosny the airship was put through a series of evolutions and answered her helm and maneuvered to the perfect satisfaction of all interested in her. She then returned to her point of departure where the airship descended without accident. The distance covered was thirty-seven kilometers in one hour and thirty-siX minutes, against Santos-Du- mont's record for the Deutsch prize of eleven and half kilometers in thirty minutes.
 The Temps says that, in view of the rain and wind, the results obtained were notable, making aerial navigation in dirigible balloons appear to enter the domain of practical reality.
 M. Juchmes furnished report of the trip in which he said the airship obeyed perfectly and was under perfect con- trol. The screws revolved eight hum dred times per minute, which speed was increased to one thousand revolutions when sailing against strong current of wind on rounding the Chateau de Rosny.
 The populations of the town which the airship passed over gathered in crowds to witness the sight and ac- claimed the aeronauts.
 To-day has been record day in the annals of French ballooning. Tn addi- ton to the successful trial of the Le- baudy airship, Santos Dumont made his first free ascent of the season in his new airship, No. 9, this afternoon from the balloon park at Neuilly, where the aeronaut has constructed vast shed in which are several of his airships. Upon leaving the park No. was con- ducted by a guide rope to the Bagatelle drill ground in the Boise de Boulogne. Here a series of maneuvers. at the height of thirty yards and lasting half an hour, were made During the evolu- tions the guide rope rested free on the ground. As Santos -Dumont. did not have permission from the authorities to make use of the drill ground for his purpose the guards interfered and he had to stop the maneuvers. The air. ship was returned to it's shed.
 Santos -Dumont is satisfied with his ascent of to-day, which shortly will be repeated. When questioned he said No. was the smallest airship he had con- strtcted, the cubes being of only 2S4 metres and the motor of three-horse- power; No. g, however, has a rudder surface of twelve square metres. This ship is only intended for experiments leading up to tests of No. 10. which has cubes of 2,1O0 metres and which is in- tended to carry twelve persons. The aeronaut expects to be ready to make the No. 10 trials in a month.
 In the shed at Neuilly is also airship No. ', with cubes of 1,200 metres capac- ity, which has been especially con- struced with the view of entering the contests at the St. Louis exposition.