New-York tribune., 1908-07-31
FIRST FLIGHT MONDAY
Initiating Bald1cin's Balloon To-day
-Mag Test Langley 14eropidne.

v..b,,r-6n J,,lv se-The work oe initiating the
big gas bag of Captain Thomas s Baldwin, an
ship Will be begun tomorrow morning. ie
.n which the balloon will be housed arrived a.
Fn-t Mver TO-DAY and will be pitched tomorrow
rsy Monday barring accidents Captain ba'oN II
will be ready to make his first night
I5ertens7. Frank p I.ahrn. who Is directly J."
charge % the tests al Fort Myer. will be in New
49, Co. 81. Fa-n,a, flight on Saturday. but VIII
he hack here by Monday There is an elenle'i "t
uncertainty as what Captain Bald"l"
craft will 60 when it gets up in the ar, MAJ
It's features being new in this country Inc
cipal ,iiffculty. if any, will be. 1t Is thous"t -
controlling ship by means OF the me-. "a -
devices 20 which the inventor was restilc.e" " 80
construction. In the past Captain nair Al t.
steered his balloon by shifting the "eei' "a -'
body. - ,,xe
The universal interest which these tests nave
-o,,ee5 has resulted in the withdrawal of the ven
NJ secrecy which has been maintained by 'he ON
cials If the Smithsonian Institution in conhe'o VI
with ,he seroplaRe built by the late Proiessor o
Langley ,.,,,a
not succeed in carrying out their contracts WIN
the government. ii is not at all unhheE ,i".
viii bring out the old Langley machine for lne pun
pose Of conducting experiments salu 80,
James Allen chief signal officer OF the army 1--
an aeronautical enthusiast. to-day -t-,,
D- cyrus Adler acting secretary OF the 0nii'h
sonian Institution, which has the cuS'Ou' ,,e.+
Langley aeroplane. the 'BuzZard. mas d ui
mini
further Investigations 1t is a rene as.,o.5 ~ :
he preserved as such. along with others P'lI
by Professor Langley. the pioneer ol ii'' &c -
-5irb- were his words 1t Is sald 'ha' N -,
chine is the joint property OF 'he amy
Sr,i- nsnrian Institution .
twenty wears OF ago Professor i'Iiieies % @
leading scientist, began experiments at 80
in an effort 10 master the problem OF aei ia -
cs,io, He WAS criticised by the newspapers a
+bs+ time and scientists themselves We're sheplcal
y --ss William, Thaw the Pittsburs millionaire ei
father of Harry Kendall Thaw. VINO in'uo -. :.
silde for Professor Langley to carry on NJ - -
,,ente-experinlents which gave to the 49, -
large part of the knowledge upon WHICH -:
-.,,,s of The present day base their nlecIaiiA
I, was Theodore Roosevelt then 1AsSis'a"e 1As?,,1o .
re+ar- Of the Navy. who. in lSSS' "as - ca ooo
for the United States government ue, a9 tbe ex
for the purpose Of paying the expenses u +,..zo-
.,a-ir,a7ts ahich were conducted by
Langley on the Potomac River near W W @ rsi
= ,osx, devolve upon Theodore Roosevelt as -
dent of the United States TO make p'o posSl''e
ernerir7ents with the Langley aeroplahe- ,,.
Todsv five years after Professor Lam :, :.
launched his aeroplane model II Is ,,5er-
l7ie machine enbodies principles mo- - -. 5.,-
stood by the machine building ae'olan ,1t as dam
--ee langley aeroplane. the one "fch "a' -
- - +bo launching ways Of the Langley nous
bost has been repaired and is eVloe""S "
class condition. 7 Iv the
Professor Langley was :" olSiie'i - 5iean
..;o;s,-, s,6 comment which followed ms uis"L
-. .,,,.-ir,7errs that he never uhne1tooA
further experiments with the Tn7chne- ~.
locked 1Ip in the carpenter Sh'P " ..,o7
: ,--ta 1rs4f+,,+ion where it has renamed
&c II had been shown to several leao'ls 81.
e+,s,s and aeronautical eXperin1enterS' pu, 80
lav was The first time it was ever viewed 'S 's
raner men at close range ...-- - ,o,
az, at~s,i,, win he placed on exhibition as soon
- -oor,, can he found for it Neither the frame,
+he wings nor the motor, which is consioe, ---.
r-,ic,,e in many ways. have been patented l i"at
further experiments with the mact'he "o-y' -: -
iu = thousands who are devoting their et-
go - solving the problems Of aerial Navigation
&c the belief Of many leading scientists, ana IN
e+fort viii he made have the machlhe useu ~ Ds
the signal corps Of the army for pu1