BALLOON PARTIALLY INFLATED of the car being dragged along the ground and also makes it pos-sible to make a hasty landing. After the envelope is constructed it is varnished. This workis done at the Hoboken factory. Here the balloon is spread outon tables and varnished by eight or ten men at the same… … FlGURE 0READJUSTING SAND-BAGS AS BALLOON EXPANDS April, igio AIRCRAFT 47 ing trouble by sticking the envelope together wherever it shouldhappen to touch. After it has been varnished all over it is keptiiillated with air, which is continually pumped into it for threedays, then deflated, and the same…
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