SUCCESSFUL AIRSHIP.
Kew Txiirnipli by Santos-Dumont. (Received 5.20 a.m.) PARIS, August 22. M. Santos-Dumont has made a successful trial with his new airship at Trouville. The vessel carries a screw in front drawn by a motor instead of being driven. Xhe airship was manoeuvred with facility both with and against the wind. [At Paris, in July. 1901, a navigable balloon was constructed and worked with considerable success by M. Santos-Du-mont. He succeeded in going from St. Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and back again. 1 a distance of about 15 kilometres, in 41 minutes. 1L Santos-Dumont used a cigarshaped balloon inflated with hydrogen eras, and driven by a motor turning an aerial seraw at the rate of 200 revolutions a minute. On October 19th, 1901. the same journey was successfully performed in 29.V minutes, and M. SantosDumont thus won the Deutsch prize of 100,000 francs. M. Dumont has since made several experiments with his dirigible balloons, and in 1903 the French Government accepted his offer to put his balloons at their disposal for military purposes. The recent success of Dr. F. A. Barton in a similar direction was reported in oar cables.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 201, 23 August 1905, Page 5
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