New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-09
by the aeronauts to come tho nearer to some

by the aeronauts to come tho nearer to some
designated point. With the northwest wind
which generally prevails at this season in the
Berkshires the descent will probably be made
Hartford.
In two or three months. after the Aero Club
has decided on permanent place for It's opera
tons. the new sport will receive added impetus
by the introduction OF dirigible balloons and
aeroplanes and the holding OF contests OF
rious sorts. committee. OF which Cortlandt
Field Bishop is chairman and ]. C. Mccoy and
Nswbold lie Roy Edgar the other members has
been appointed by Homer w. Hedge. president
OF the club, to arrange these contests. which
will comprise endurance tests. distance flights
and attempts 10 land nearest some designated
point.
Experts are now working for the club along
various lines dirigible atrships OF various
Sorts The greatest hopes OF the club are pinned
on the efforts OF the Wright brothers. at Day
ton. Ohio. whose experiments have been de-
scribed at length at various times. Israel Lud-
low. who is an enthusiastic member of the club.
hopes to have his aeroplane ready to drive
through the air by motors by the end Of the
month.
The members OF the club watching with
interest the experiments OF Inventors all over
the country, as well as those Of the men work.
ing at the instigation of the club. Almost every
week the club has received reports OF new ma
chimes more less successful In operation,
ranging from a dirigibls balloon invented By
Cincinnati conductor to the asroplane invented
by Calvin T. Fried. of Allentown. Penn for which
the inventor claims much. His machine is tur-
bine driven. He says that he has attained alb
solute inertia in the air. and that the waste OF
applied power from his motors is less than the
seventh decimal of psr cent.
The airship with which Major Miller says he
Franklin. Penn. is now almost ready for de-
livery. Another balloon being made by Leo
Stevens. is for George L. Bambaush. Of Charles
Carl Fisher. the automobile racer of IndIanap-
Oils has also ordered balloon.
A local inventor, Dillon Hoffman, an engineer,
living at No. 1899 Madison avenue also believes
that he has solved the problem Of aerial naviga-
ton. His machine calls for bag about eighty
twenty-five feet having a displacement OF $500
cubic feet. The driving power Is supplied by
two engines of 80 horsepower EACH There Is q
propeller at either end
rive In this country March "a. may bring with
him a dirigible balloon and machine which, IL
Is believed will cut the cost Of manufacturing
hydrogen gas In two. II the new process proves
successful hydrogen gas will be used exclusive
" by the club. In this event Tuxedo would prob
ably be made the permanent headquarters of the
club. If the count brings his dirig1ble airship
he will presumably ascend from the racetrack
ct Tuxedo. where conditions are unusually favor
able
The new invention for the production of hydro
gen gas is one of prime importance to the club.
The greater ascensional power OF the gas viii
make it possible for balloon TO carry practi-
calIy twice the weight possible in a balloon In
fated with coal gas. In the case Of dirigfble
balloons it's superiority is immense. because of
the great reduction in the size Of the bag and
the corresponding decrease in the resistance 70
the wind. A balloon with the capacity Of $50
cubic metres, which will carry one person. has
an ascensional power OF e45 kilograms when
inflated with ordinary gas. while with hydrogen
gas it has ascensional power Of $50 kilo-
grams.