The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-19
AERONAUTS ACTIVE.
On1cers Elected and Plans Made for q
Lively season I'm 1907.

The Aero In Of America at its annual
meeting recently elected the following officers
! President, Cortlandt Field Bishop first vice.
president, Capt. Homer W. Hedge: second
vice-president. Dave Hennen Morris; third
| vice-prcsident, Colgate Hoyt; treasurer.
Charles Jerome Edwards; secretary. Augustus
Post: assistant secretary. Ernest La Rue Jones
directors, Cortlandt Field Bishop. Capt.
Homer W.. Hedge, Alan X. Hawley. j. {, Mccoy
and Charles jerome Edwards. The directors
met and announced these committees:
Foreign representatives-Lieut Frank p:
Iahm, X. Lawrence Rotch.
Membership committee-Alan X. Hawley,
Samuel II. Valentine, A. NJ. Herring,
Contest committee Field Bishop.
Newbold lie Roy Edgar. j. c. Mccoy.
Auditing committee-Samuel IL. Valentine.
George NJ. Kirkner. William J. Hammer.
Consulting engineer-Charles NJ. Manly.
A fun report OF the doings of the club was
showed that the club has four honorary MEM
beers. pa acti We members, and OF these III
ascensiOns were, made by CLUB members In
this country. They were made from New
York, West Point, Hillburn, Pittsield, Phila-
dolphin, staten Island. Augusta and Buffalo.
ThiTty-thTee passengers we're carried, eXclu-
slye Of pilots, About l.ls9 miles we're tray-
elled by the balloons, and this distance IL
figured on the shortest distance between the
points Of ascent and descent. About 10000
cubic feet OF coal and hydrogen gas were con-
sumed. and these performances entitle the
club to two delegates next year TO the inter-
national congress which is TO be- held in
Brussels. seven members OF the club made
successful flights in dlrigible balloons ana
~aerophnes.
prize for flying machiIes.
The Gordon Bennett aerial cup race was
started from Paris, September 30. and won by
one entrant from the Aero Club Of America
Lieut.. Frank p. Lahn. Us A., in the balloon
United States. He travelled 4O2 miles, ~.
Mccoy made ten trips abroad in one month,
qualifying thereby az pilot under the rules
Of the Aero club Of, France; Lieut.. Lshm
them in Frank 5. Lahm's balloon Katherine
Hamilton. ,
by the Aero Club of America and the James
town Exposition Company. to represent both
interests during the exposition in 1907, Balloon
distance and height. Races for heavier than
air machines and scientific experiments will
occur during the exposition under rules TO be
formulated by the committee. A scientific
congress will convene at which papers will
be read and aeronautic and other matters dis
cussed at length. Cups, trophies and money
prizes will be awarded TO contestants.
The Gordon Bennett aerial cup race will be
G neth IN =, me Hnlted s SiteadW N o isCia is snt Aer9
three balloons, and We have the assurance of
three from Germany. three from England
Spain and Italy, The contest committee has
not yet decided upon a site from which TO
start ms race; NegotiaIions are IN PL1sres5
sufficient gas of the proper quality. One and
one-Quarter million cubic feet oil gas viii be
necessary and az least $1,000 square feet OF
The Aero Club Of America will hold It's
second annual exhibition at Grand Central
Palace. December is. The material collected
will include the balloons United states. mi
tial. Sky Lark, Grand Air, You and LII. [. T.,
Nirvana, America: airshlps Sant0s-DuInont
No. o, California Arrow, Stevens ~" and one
or two others: the Knabenshue aeroplane
With motor; several full sized aeroplanes
and Tapping wing machines. an aeroplane
made and designed by a New York woman,
the new engine OF Wright Bros, the engine
OF the Langley machine. Prof; Plckertng's
acrowagon, the CurtiSs aerocycle, DR.. Alex
ander Graham Bells tetrahedral kites,
drachenbailon. various styles OF kites espe-
cially noted for their great lifting power,
photographs OF famous machines and balloons
&c. There will be a large collection OF light
motors and engines especially designed for
dirigibles, Moving pictures OF the Gordon
a~eroplane in flight. .Santos-Dumont and
daily during the show.
Prof. Pickering. Prof. A. =. Zahn, Wrigh,
Bros. Or. Alexander Graham Bell, Herr
Carl Dienst bach, Prof. David Todd. IsraeI
Ludlow and others will contribute papers
or the status of aeronautics at the present
aeronantics. The Gordon Bennett aerial cur
Will. also. he NJ the exhibition. -
The. club now owns the balloons Orient
and Centaur. The fOllowing members own
balloons: Alfred n. Chandler. Lieut., Frank
= Lahm, Frank \. IahmA J. G. MCCov. Or
G., Fisher, Charles y. knox. Thomas l.. Bald.
Edward G. BOyce.