The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-30
ADVENTUROUS
 NIGHT RIDE
 IN BALLOON
IA. Holland Forbes Never Anything More Beautiful Than the Morn
 ing's Sun Rising Over the
 Connecticut Hills.

The balloon North Adams No. l. with A. Holland Forbes and Clifford B. Harmon of New York aboard, made a safe landing on Bucks Hill yesterday morning, says the Waterbury Amerf- can, after a night trip of 5000 feet in the air. The aeronauts started from North Adams at 2:37 yesterday morn ing and the balloon sailed beautifully for about 100 miles. After passing over Winsted. Bristol and Terryville the men saw this city below them. They didn't know just exactly where they were but put out their grapple and dropped on Bucks Hill, which looked like good landing place. When the balloon got down low enough the anchor caught in a clump of trees and the gas was released. The basket came easily to the ground and the aeronauts landed safely in an open lot.
 MT. Forbes and MT. Harmon then got some of the farmers to help them and the balloon was packed and taken to the depot, where it was shipped back to North Adams this afternoon by express. The aeronauts have gone te MT. Forbes summer home in Fair field.
 It was the fascination of the night trip that interested the aeronauts.
 
 again. they say. The night was per feet, although very cold. Far above the earth the balloon sailed along swiftly and easily on the crest of a the bright quarter moon it was a fan tastic, fairylike journey, this aerial travel by moonlight. The earth seeJn- ed bathed in a pale white half light, held the daring adventurers spell bound. There was no sun to raise hob with the expansion of gas either, the temperature was even and that makes for perfect ballooning.
 After packing the balloon. MT. Forbes and MT. Harmon proceeded to The Elton. Both were enthusiastic over their trip.
 Both MT Forbes and MT. Harmon are experienced aeronauts- MT. Forbes Americans who dropped 29O0 feet at Berlin last year during the interna- tional- aero races when the great Am serican balloon Conqueror burst. The through the roof of a house without sustaining any injuries.
 Y Mir. Harmon in speaking of the trip last evening declared that in the fu- ture he would devote himself to bal 1o0n sailing at night. ''It would be impossible" he said ''to describe the glories of the sunrise this morning as seen from a height of 7.200 feet. Pass
 
 able to count 7s separate lakes and ponds gleaming in the semi-light like so many pools of molten silver The light began to break at 5 o'clock. The beauty of color as the rays of the sum came over the low hills was simply in- descrihable. I have seen the sun rise in many countries, in the Alps, the Himalayas and the Rockies but never have I seen anything so perfect in beauty as the sun rising over the Con- necficut hills
 During most of the trip we main tained a speed of about 20 miles an hour this decreasing to 12 miles dur ing the latter part of the trip. The trip was made diagonally over the Berkshires and down through Litch- field County
 The balloon was of the smaller class measuring 10000 cubic feet of gas.
 MT Forbes has made many ascen- sions, both in this country and abroad. sometimes travelling hundreds of miles on one trip. At present with MT. liar mon he is planning to enter big bal loon named the New York in the con- test which will start from Indianapolis on June 5. MT. Forbes is at present acting president of the Aero Club of America. In planning for this great race MT. Forbes is taking these short night trips. The trip to be taken in June is the longest and most impor- tant he has yet planned. It is hoped that the landing will be made in L'ab- rdQOr or Ine CandO1en NOTluedSC anu hunting supplies will be taken with this end in view. During his career as an aeronaut NIT. Forbes has ascended as high as 29,000 feet. This ascension taking place in the. Berkshires some seasons ago.
 MT Harmon is of the great New York real estate firm of Wood, Har- mon & Co.,, and is a. sfson-in-lawl of Commodore E.. C.. Benedict. MT. Har- mon is we'll known in Connecticut and has many friends around Waterbury.
 Connecticut is a well-known aero field for MT. Forbes who cIeated great sensation when he passed over Waterbury two years ago and landed in Orange after an adventurous trip in which the balloon was followed by an eagle for many miles.
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