Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-20

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Aeronautics Is divided into two
VISIONS; Lighter-than-air anr
eavier-than-air machines. Tn,
snter-than-air type was the frs
nc ~perfected, the first III which
IAN flew.
1During the year 1888. several in.
Eepld Europeans experimental WITH
flloons, following the III
1venoish that hydrogen gas wa:
gneer than air, and would, conse.
lently, go UP when released.
Soepnen and Joseph MontgoIfier
10 Frenchmen from Annonay
ace a paper balloon OF 700 cubic
et capacity, and filled IL fun D,
Pt air. The hot air was made that
az with the aid Of fire-and not
Congress.
The balloon flew about a hundred
let.
Several other experimenters man.
Factured balloons and tried them
~. with varying degrees Of success
ntll 1t was finally decided that hot
PR woHld never be successful, and
pat hydrogen was exactly what was
\ leeded TO fill the bill-and the BAL
pom The question was, how to get
H9 hydrogen in the bag and Keep
5ere.
10 was found that rubber-coated
x wQQlaA5prn the trick. and with
'nis done, y lighter-than-air craft
faS constructed that succeeded in
lying and carrying two passengers.
Pilatre de Rozier and the daring
Harquis d Arlandes sailed over
farts and remained in the air Is
hinutes, enjoying themselves i'm
pensely and frightening the ignor-
ut in Paris half out Of their wits.
ms occurred IN the same year,
. NAnn.l Crossed
Two. years passed, and balloons
Iere' improved upon.
Blanchard, an Englishman, and
Pr. Jeffries. a wild American, cross
b the English channel in a balloon
IA 1785, thereby setting a precedent
pr airplanes, rowboats, swimmers,
md what have you.
II got so that almost anyone could
bake a balloon that would 90 up and
] hter come down again. 1t was found
hat ballooning as a method OF
transportation vas impractical be-
Ruse. IF the balloons inability TO
e propelled or steered. "A balloon
Eould go up, but once there was at
ne mercy of the winds. An English
coleman with a dinner engagement
4 London might rise in a balloon.
nd to his CONSERVATION find that
e was drifting to America. TO
nyone with q well-develOr/d appe-
tie this was decidedly unpleasant.
What to do?
Blanchard, who flew the channel
lrst. IN company with the American,
orrowed a pair OF oars from a sea
Ding ACQUAINTANCE and tried 10
0w his balloon. He was u~nsuccess-
! IL. He tried ID again, with the aid
I q rudder. He was again unsuc-
eSsful. He was. in fact, baked.
Another brilliant idea which met
| nth failure was one tried BY a
a'renchman. A large hole in the
Iide Of the bag. through which the
ir or gas escaping was by reaction
, force the balloon forward, re-
raained. nothing but a hole.
Time passed. and finally a French
han bv the name of Giffard con-
Eructed a spindle shaped bag l43
let long and 80 feet in diameter
Ieneath which hung a basket with
3-horse motor. "A 3-blade pro-
revolved at a speed Of ITO
maAltions per second : and the
X was done.
6This led TO the Zeppelin. made
IN Count Zeppelin in Germany late
4 1900. The first great passenger
arriving Zeppelin was built in 1910,
lut this is getting ahead Of the
.kory.
We turn to heavier tran air ma
Mnines. which offered more diff
Antics to the experimenters.
"A Ear. far back IN history. when
l,en and women occasionally fam
IA leonardo da Vinci. thai very UNI
.Is,,aI man who did so L.lany differ
IN things, and did them well. de-
lErned and sketchec several devices
iE6ich he decided could fly They
IsrSed motor power, however, and
IEeye unsuccessful.
again time passes and ~ IS me
Rnth century Def 1rc We fina men
rain seriously attempting 70 ny,
l1d vithany possibility OF realiy &C
nr,nlishing their purpose.
A.. tAis time. Goyley, Henson,
ra-han and Strinefellow in Eng
ia and Penaud and Mouillard q
-srre we're all trying. separately,
i construct flying machines. II Is
r-recessary to relate that they
'4sre unsuccessful
- the goth century, Otto Lilien-
II 4 German. demonstrated the
.,,les OF passive flight, the
LIE ~ the arched wings ana inc
-ass,,re Of air upon the wings at
lErious angles" ,0oe
III INT for a fatal ACCIDENT IN 1850
A,iIsnthal might have anticipated
i wright brothers. He was killed.
T,ghtlv we will pass over Pncner,
laSnte and Montgomery
r-crn 1890 to 1908 things became
-ns- Langley in America, Alder
france. and Maxim in England,
..rht against each other TO be
~ fsrst tof " successfully. Adler
|Es5 Maxim crashed in their first
.assmpts. but Langley was slightly
1aSronvinced congress that he
fhe right track, and they
.sN him $4,000. So he took the
fhousand-and built two
= he Potomac. It IS said that
nooIev had the right idea but the
nnsr Kind Of undercarriage.
Sefertiye launching apparatus
l. responsible for his failure,
: T,,,s brinEs us to the Wright
lsnsrs With the right plane.