The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28
DIRICIBLES TORIVAL
ALBANY BOAT LINES
Capt. Baldwin, Oldest Air Voy-
ager, to Direct Build
ing Of Filters.
TRIPS BEGIN THIS SUMNER
Adams, Chewing Gum Man, In
tends to Ride in Air to
Summer Home.

Capt. Thomas 8. Baldwin. IS years old
the Oldest active air voyager In the world
and the father Of dirigibie balioonins in
America, becomes chief Instructor OF ,"e
Connecticut Aircraft Company Of New
Haven, Conn. by a five year agreement
signed yesterday. This company Is capl-
talized at 100000 to build passenger
carrying d:rigibles.
The officers OF the company are Col
Isaac NJ. Ullman, chairman Of tho
Chamber OF Commerce Of New Haven :
former Governor Woodruff Of Connecti-
cut. Attorney Samuel c. Moorhcuse
GrahNme Thompson and Everard Thomp-
son. chairman of the graduate advisory
committee on athletics at raie.
.'he company owns College Park In
Washington. ID. c.. where the army avia-
tors were trained until two years ago. and
a five story factory In Newark. 1t con-
trolls I72 patents.
Pfan 60 Carry Passenger.
A five passenger non-rigid dirigible
will be In commission by July Is. Capt
Baldwin said yesterday. and six others
will be turned out as rapidly as possible
These will be Of new type recently IN
vented by Capt. Baldwin. The dirigioles
will cost $4,000 each. They Will be
eauipr | with wireless and travel forty
miles an hour
Passenger carrying trips will be made
this summer between New York and AL
bany. Capt Baldwin said. The company
hopes to establish a regular service within
a year or two.
Orville Wright, inventor Of the aero
plane. stopped in New York yesterday on
his way to Boston. Mr.. Wright Will re-
turn here on Monday for meeting Of the
board Of directors OF the Wright Com
pany This will be the first regular meet
ing OF the board OF directors since the pat
ent decision. II Is expected that the
matter OF licensing aviators and aeroplane
makers will be taken up. Wright con-
flrmed Beachey's statement that he had
been granted a license to bring In foreign
exhibition machines.
VIII Fly to summer Home.
Louis r. Adams, the chewing gum
manufacturer, has designed a flying boat
which he will have built. He intends to
operate II this summer between Darien.
Conn, and New York. Mr.. Adams has
summer home on the waterfront at
Darien and will be able TO land within ten
feet of his front door. The distance is
forty miles. Mr.. Adams expects to ny TO
New York every clear day during the
summer He will soon begin a course In
flying at the Curtiss school In Hammonds-
port, n. Y.
Lieut. simon karsakoff, the Russian
army aviator. who has been several weeks
in this country. admitted yesterday that
ne was here under a commission from the
Russian Government to investigate avia-
ton Lieut.. karsakoff is a monoplane fiier
He will take lessons here on the Curtiss
biplane flying boat, he said. and will take
two Of the boats to Russia. He will
demonstrate the boats at the Russian
army posts along the Volga.
The Sloane Aeroplane Company OF Lone
Island City has leased new factory at
Bound Brook. y. j.. for Its new sub
sidiary, the Sloane-Dan!el Company. The
new concern will build aero motors, with
Paul Daniel as chief designer