Review of reviews and world's work . so far as the Long I-land Vander-bilt Course was concerned, and is now sched-uled to be run at Savannah on November 10. .. „. _ Aside from the great interna- The Well mar Transatlantic tional aviation meet at belmontElation LunL: [gland, which was begin as this issue of the Review went ttart was at fir>t seriously doubted, whilethere were many, also, who believed that theballoon should at least be put through somepreliminary tests before the lives of the crewand the safety oi the airship were risked in anactual attempt to CTOSS th< Without the f
Review of reviews and world's work . so far as the Long I-land Vander-bilt Course was concerned, and is now sched-uled to be run at Savannah on November 10. .. „. _ Aside from the great interna- The Well mar Transatlantic tional aviation meet at belmontElation LunL: [gland, which was begin as this issue of the Review went ttart was at fir>t seriously doubted, whilethere were many, also, who believed that theballoon should at least be put through somepreliminary tests before the lives of the crewand the safety oi the airship were risked in anactual attempt to CTOSS th< Without the formality of such trials, however, andwith a faith remarkable under the circum-stance^. Wellmans dirigible, th< nca,headed out into the Atlantic air in the morn-. N ^ HI I I OP 111- WkMIIP THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD 535 ing of Saturday, October 15. The balloon wasstarted on a course northeast. After getting140 miles beyond Xantucket, the Americawas driven Southeast, and Wellman then de-cided to steer for the Azores. On Mondaymorning another disastrous wind sprang up,this time from the Northeast, and the .4 mcr-ica was allowed to drift Southwest, the in-tention being to make a landing at Bermudaif possible. On Tuesday morning, three daysafter starting, the expedition sighted theRoyal Mail steamship Trent and sent signalsof distress. The crew of the America wastaken aboard the steamship after three hoursof hard work, and the balloon was aban-doned. Wellman places the blame for thefailure of the expedition on the long ropelike device suspended from thebottom of the car. This equilibrator proveda heavy and dangerous drag on the airshipand also interfered with the steering. Inspite of this handicap, the America covereda thousand miles
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