The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-28
WANT BALDWIN, To
FLY With !. 4 FA!.RMAN.
Aero Club Of America Trying to
Arrange for Competitive
Flight Between the Two.
BUT TESTS MUST BE MADE.
Baaldwin's Tine Limited, and He
Must Proceed With His Tests
at Fort Myer.

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WASHINGTON. d. G.. July 27.--"Th.
toys OF millionaires!" That's what
Captain Thomas s. Baldwin, the famo,,.
aeronaut says about airships. His re.
mark was called forth by the visit .tc
Washington to-day OF August Post, re.
presenting e the Aero Club OF America
e @h9 y here inan effort to arrange
| Baldwin in his .dirigible balloon and
Eenri Farman. the daring French,man
In his acceptance.
y y y r was !; the u desire Of the Aero clus
narman for flights in various, cities
throughout the country to have Bald
WIN to bring his machine to New York
return later to Fort Meyer to make
the tests before the army board for
the final acceptance Of his airship.
ms has been found !mpracticablc.
within which Baldwin must make the
The baldwin Tests.
In the event that Captain Baldwin
fulfils all the requirements OF his con-
tract tract with the government, the ma
S nted w States, ess0a ns te gl0p MoSd g s
become necessary to secure the per-
mission of General James Allen, chief
signal officer, to take the dirigible to
would PROBABLY b be dilcull e obtain AIN,
and the Aero Club may determine to
bring Henri Farman to Washington
to compete with Baldwin before his
maenne M Is finally Z, ACCENTED acc by the
day discussed the various phases OF
the proposition with General Allen.
Captain Baldwin and Lieutenant Lallm.
but no decision was reached.
AernnQtffrS ia ri In
Baldwin tonight. ..and a man who Is
deeply interested In its, problems IS
aPd nR fat contest such es as f te
Aero Club OF America is endeavoring
value In aiding the advancement Of
the science"
captaiN Baldwin has already. express
ed himself to the effect that he, has
not endeavored to get unusual speed
in the dirigible he has built for the
great h's pc
flight for speed with Henri Farman's
machine. On the other hand. in COM
petition for endurance, there would be
hut a slight chance for. Henri Farman
Baldwin.
Baldwin and Zeppelin.
If Captain Baldwin succeeds in full
filing all OF the requirements of the
government in the trial flights OF his
dirigible at Fort Myer, he
pelin will receive 100000 from the
German government il all the require
ments are fulfilled by his airship. The
latter machine is as large as Captain
Yet Captain Baldwin contends that
inathe airship which he, has built for
the army he has incorporated new ideas
which will be eventually adopted by
ether nffnnS In fhn Cnnstr1lcffnn Of
These new features are em-
bodied in the gas envelope OF Captain
Baldwtn's machine, which differs vide
the French dirlgible and the Nulli se-
cundus, the British military dirigible.
BY his own process of4vulcanizing rub
Der, Captain Baldwin claims to have
strain Of 6ninety-ive pounds to the inch
strip. and which is not affected by
either heat or cold.
In addition, there Is practically no
material. thus making. a rigid balloon
without the use OF a frame. The rub
Der skin Is lined on both sides with
the best Japanese silk, adding consld-
Midway between the ends OF the gas
bag. which is slightly over ninety feet
long. is a ballonet twenty-five feet
long. into which air can be pumped to
ure. or contraction Of the gas due to
A window" permits the aeronaut to
look within the gas envelope. The car
or frame work OF Captain Baldwin's
airship Is suspended from the envelope
by means OF square mech netting.
which Is the creation OF Captain Bald
win. The Multi Secundus, the British
army dlr1gible, has a canvas casing to
which the car is suspended: while
Count Zeppelin has an aluminium en-
velope entirely surrounding the num-
erous balloons which give buoyancy
to- his ship. Although the capacity
OF Captain Baldwin's gas bag Is less
than one-fourth that Of the British
dirlgible, its lifting capacity Is nearly
as great.
Held Down by Expense.
There are many things that should
be on my dlrigible which have not
been able to, use because Of the speci.
the ship was necessarily constructed"
working upon the assem9bling ef }
tachments lacking Captain Baldwin
orfins attached to the envelope which
ship. Two mechanics have arrived from
the q. II. Curtis works at Hamnlo nds-
port and are assisting Captain Baldwin
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