Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . suchadventure, he can con-sole himself with thereflection that varietyis the spice of life. Much enjoyment isto be derived from ajourney over a largeexpanse of is undoubtedlysome danger attachedto it, for descents intowater are always at-tended with risk. Themost usual trip of thiskind has been acrossthe English Channel,and oddly enough, thestart has generallybeen made from theFrench coast. The direction of the wind is not so important ingoin
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . suchadventure, he can con-sole himself with thereflection that varietyis the spice of life. Much enjoyment isto be derived from ajourney over a largeexpanse of is undoubtedlysome danger attachedto it, for descents intowater are always at-tended with risk. Themost usual trip of thiskind has been acrossthe English Channel,and oddly enough, thestart has generallybeen made from theFrench coast. The direction of the wind is not so important ingoing from Dover to Calais as it is if the journey is made in theopposite direction. In the one case, the wind may veer throughnearly 90 degrees on either side before the balloon would becarried out to sea; whereas in going from Calais, a deviation of45 degrees would be sufficient to prevent a landing. An Englishman, named Green, proposed in 1837 to fasten anumber of buckets to the guide rope, and drag them through thewater. He thought this would help him to guide the balloon,but he would naturally only be helped by such local currents p 2. Fig. 130.—Balloon expeditions across the EnglishChannel. 212 AIRSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT. as existed. A Frenchman, named lHoste, experimented withsimilar dragging devices. He made several trips, of which the
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