Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-09
AERON NAUTIC NOTES

The signal corps detachment of the
Missouri National guard at st. Louis
is agitating the formation of balloon
squad and the purchase of balloon
Adiutant General Rumbold has ordered
the strength of the St Louis corps. to
be increased to fifty men, to enable
the corps to prepare for active partlcl-
patton in the aerial tournament in
October.
An airship company of Hot Springs,
Ark, has ordered a dirigible balloon
with a capacity of $4,000 cubic feet
from Leo Stevens, the New York man
ufacturer.
Two Plainfeld, N. j., men, Howard
Cobv and Edward F. Randolph, have
ordered aeroplanes from the Wright
brothers.
E. W. Mix will represent America
in the Coupe Internationale des Aero
nautes the International balloon race,
from Zurich, this year. He piloted the
I lie de France in the st. Louis inter-
national and won second place.
Lieut. Frank P. Lahm has been or
dered to Fort Des Moines Iowa, to
take charge of the balloon corps to be
stationed there in September.
The Aero club of Minnesota has been
organized at Minneapolis with John
F. Wilcox as president. The Aero club
O, Colorado has been established at
Denver. Gordon L. Wands, president.
W. =. Metzger has been elected presl-
dent Of the new Aero club of Michi-
gan. organized at Detroit.
The Pacific Aero club at San Fran
cisco is holding weekly meetings. The
club is cooperating with the Portoa
festival committee in arrangements for
the aerial tournament al San Fran
cisco, October 20.
Charles G. Bradley, vice president
oe the Pacific Aero club at San Fran
cisco. is building a bi-plane I. T..
Posadas ir, another prominent mem
ber of the club has nearly ready for
trial a large aeroplane fitted with q
Peureot engine.
French aerialists viii call an inter
national conference to discuss aero
nautical questions.
f. r. Weston of DAYTON, Ohio has
,.grchased a $4,000 cubic feet balloon
from \. Leo Stevens,
Pasadena aeronautical enthusiasts
are talking Of forming an aero club.
with an entrance fee Of S5o, 10 pro-
r-otc pleasure ballooning. 7. r. Sor-
Yer. assistant secretar Of he Pasa-
Cena board of trade, is the principal
worker for organization of the club.
T. ". Curzon of birmingham, Ala,
viii receive ms mOnln an deToplane
ON Henri Farman, which he expects
to fv on tho Pacific coast this winter.
He paid $4,000 francs and will pay a
duty Of $4,000. unless his efforts to per
suade the government to enter the ma
chine in the interests of science are
successful.
oostmaster General Hitchcock and
Cant. A. w. Butt President Taft's
aide are the latest government off,
cials who are anxious IN take balloon
trips. A disease known as "aero-
nautitis" is now recognized in official
circles at WASHINGTON,
Rlnriot's monoplane was insured at
Lloyds in London for S5O,OOO against
fire. theft or accident.
Frank Owens manipulated a dirigihle
balloon over Baltimore July 81, when
the motor stopped. owens made sue
ccssful landing on a building in the
heart of the shopping district, watched
by thousands Of persons.
Lieutenant Calderara, the italian Of
fcer taught by Wilbur Wright to op-
crate the aeroplane, has been COM
pelled to give UP aviation because of
a weak heart
M. Bleriot, the French monoplanist.
has invented a plan for raising an
aeronef directly from the ground on
the line Of the Zerbe experiments,
which he will try out this fall
Congressman Coudry Of st. Louis
has asked the secretary Of war to send
the army Wright aeroplane to st.
Louis for the aerial tournament in
October.
The subcommittee Of the British i'm