Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon (1908)
Hildebrandt, A. (Alfred), b. 1870, Story, W. H. tr · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 89
o. 3, heproceeded to build No. 4, which was shown in September, 1900,to the International Commission, then sitting in Paris for theinvestigation of scientific ballooning. The car of the new designhad the merit of simplicity. The driver sat on an ordinaryriding saddle, and his feet controlled the… … Fig. 30.—Santos Dumonts-third balloon. DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS FROM 1898 TO 1906. 69 propeller at the front instead of the back. With No. 4, he madeseveral satisfactory ascents from the grounds of the Aero Clubat Saint-Cloud. He is stated to have asserted that the Com-mission were satisfied that this…
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