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BALDWIN'S VULCANIZED PROOF MATERIAL

WINS LAHM BALLOON CUP— 697 MUes.

Forbes and Fleischman, Balloon

New York"

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BEST DURATION INDIANAPOLIS BALLOON RACE Forbes and Harmon, Balloon "

35 Hrs., 12 Mins.

U.

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BALLOON DURATION RECORD

U.

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BALLOON ALTITUDE RECORD

48 Hrs., 26 Mins.

24,200 Ft.

Harmon and Harmon and

Post, Balloon

New York''

"New

York,"

St.

Louis Centennial

New

York,"

St.

Louis Centennial

Post, Balloon "

GORDON BENNETT AVIATION PRIZE 30-KILOM. AEROPLANE SPEED PRIZE GRAND PRIZE OF BRESCIA FOR AEROPLANES QUICK STARTING EVENT AT BRESCIA 2nd— 10-KILOM. AEROPLANE SPEED PRIZE

2nd— BRESCIA HEIGHT PRIZE— Glenn H.

Curtiss

BALDWIN'S VULCANIZED PROOF MATERIAL USED

WILL

IN

THE

U.

S.

GOV. DIRIGIBLE

AND SPHERICAL BALLOONS

The weight is always the same, as it does not require further treatment Heat and cold have no effect on it, and ascensions can be made as well at zero weather as in the summer time. The chemical action of oxygen has not the same detrimental effect on it as it has on a varnished material. Silk doublewalled

man

last from five to six times as long as a varnished balloon.

VULCANIZED PROOF MATERIAL PROOF balloon, as

can take care of his spontaneous combustion.

has ten times the strength of varnished material. it

requires

little

or no care, and

is

NOT

A

subject to

Breaking strain 100 lbs. per inch width. Very elastic. Any weight, Will not crack. Waterproof No talcum powder. No revarnishing. The coming balloon material, and which, through its superior qualities and being an absolute gas holder, is bound to take the place of varnished material. The man that wants to have the up-to-date balloon must use VULCANIZED PROOF MATERIAL. Specified by the U. S. SIGNAL CORPS. width, or color.

AEROPLANE MATERIAL A SPECIALTY Prices

CAPTAIN THOMAS

S.

and Samples on

BALDWIN, Box

application

78,

Madison Square,

NEW YORK

AIRCRAFT

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CONTENTS — MAR.CH. Summary

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Herbert Sinclair

Courtesy of Miss Marie Wait

Progress of Balloons

Editorials

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Alfred

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W. Lawson

Charles Heitman

Lilienthal

Edward H. Young

Banking

Los Angeles Aeronautical Tournament

The Emancipation

Air,

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Man

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Relation of

Wind

Aeroplanes

among

Big

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Law

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Herbert Sinclair

R. Dressier

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News Personal News

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General

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