Outing . 42 The Outing Magazine the hands of the French Aero Club, to becontested for annually by balloons or otherair-craft. The first race for this Cup was held inParis on September 30th. As it was a long-distance race, only spherical balloons wereentered, because the dirigible balloon andthe flying machine have not yet reachedthe point where they can cover long dis-tances. Sixteen balloons were entered, varyingin capacity from fifty thousand to eightythousand cubic feet. The following na-tions were represented: The United States,Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany,I taly, and Spain. The
Outing . 42 The Outing Magazine the hands of the French Aero Club, to becontested for annually by balloons or otherair-craft. The first race for this Cup was held inParis on September 30th. As it was a long-distance race, only spherical balloons wereentered, because the dirigible balloon andthe flying machine have not yet reachedthe point where they can cover long dis-tances. Sixteen balloons were entered, varyingin capacity from fifty thousand to eightythousand cubic feet. The following na-tions were represented: The United States,Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany,I taly, and Spain. The start was made fromthe Tuileries Gardens in Paris at four p. m.,before an enthusiastic French gathering oftwo hundred thousand people. Nine of the sixteen starters landed onFrench soil the same evening; the remain-ing seven crossed the English Channelthat night or early the next morning. Thewriters balloon, the United States,piloted by himself, ably assisted by MajorHersey of the Wellman Polar Expedition
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