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here, but from Pittsfleld and other inland
towns it pr omisss to be quite q fad this

hsre. but from Pittsleld and other inland
towns it pr omises to be quite q fad this
summer. I
The Aero Club, however, does not oonfne
its attentions to ballooning, but is very
much interested In air ships, and A. M.
Herring, Cooper Hewitt and other members
hope to make experiments with air ships
or dirigible balloons that are being built
now and viii be ready for trials early In
the summer.
just what ideas these enthusiasts are
working on is being kept very secret. MIR.
Hewitt, 1t Is said, has a boat shaped machine
which he expects will do we'll and provo to
be @ success.
The Aero Club has. just received details
Of the flights made by Orville and Wilbur
Wright of Dayton, Ohio, and has issued q
circular TO the members Of the club telling
of. the results Of the experiments made by
these two brothers. They have been very
successful with a gliding machine built OF
two superimposed surfaces, to which a
motor has been attached and with this
machine they made % is miles In 81 minutes
seconds, and then landed because their
fuel was exhausted. This machine is sub
-etanttally constructed but the details Of its
construction and length are still carefully
guarded by the brothers. AS these expert
,ments were made privately the Wright
brothers invited several we'll known citizens
Of Dayton and a few from other cities to
witness them, that the accuracy of their
statements might be substantiated.
These witnesses were: E. W. Ellis, assist
ant auditor Of the City OF Dayton; Terrence
g thurman, president of the Fourth National
Bank; G. s. Billman, secretary OF the West
Hide Building Association; Henry Webbert,
VII, Shank, William Fouts, Frank Ham,
burger. Charles Webbert, Howard NJ. My
ers, Bernard H.. Lambers. William Webbert
: Reuben SCHNEIDER. William Weber. all Of
Dayton, o., and o. F. Jamison. Last Ger
naantown, Ind, Theodore Waddell, Census
Department, Washington, D. g., David
Beard, Osborn, O., and Amos Stauf;er, Os.
born, o.
i, The Aero Club says: Though America,
through the labora of Prof. Langley, Ar.
Cbauute and others, had acquired not less
: than ten years & the recognized leader
: ship in that branch Of a~eronautics which
pertains Il birdlke fight, it has not here
: tofore been possible for American work ers
represent a summary Of each years expert
rnents to a society Of their own country
devoted exclusiv ely to the promotion OF
aeronautic studies and sports, 1t Is with
great pleasure, therefore, that we now
End ourselves able to make a report to such
q society This is the Wright brothers
rer ort:'
Previous to the year 1865 we had ex.
per1mented at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,
, &ith n an-c carrying gliding nAc.ilnes in
the years 1900, 1901, 1902 ana 1908; and with
asnah-tsrrying motor. flyer, which. on
the 18th Gay OF December, 1903, sus-
tained itself in the air fl SO seconds. duri g
which time it advanced against a tweI ~
mile wind a distance Of $50 feet. Flights
10. the number Of more than a hundred had
7, also teen made at Dayton, Ohio, in 1914,
With a second motor flyer. OF these flights,
% complete circle made for the FIRST time on
the. 2otb Of September, and two flights Of
three miles each made on the eth OF No
yennber and the 1st Of December, respect
: lively. were the more notable perform
3 mances. - ~ ..
sThe object Of the 1905 experiments was
70, determine the cause and discover rem