Show successful KITE ASCENSION wise of the army makes it a journey n in the his air new york jan libut hugh D wise of 0 the ninth infantry U S A on governors island has just made the first kite ascension ever successfully attempted in america for six months the lieutenant entirely on his own ovin responsibility has ha been studying and wl with t ll 11 k kites i tes a as re s a r means n e an s 0 of f a aalst li s tl lne n g armies i in n w warfare a fa the T h c tandem t alii d e m system s y e te m of specially ap e constructed kites li Is Sli intended tended t to 0 supplant in the use of balloons which ahl ell cannot live in gales the lieutenants tenant i kites are cellular they consist of rectangular frames frame ll 11 0 of spruce cotton string and cotton e cloth lot in are arc stretched around this the e ends ot 0 the frame IL leai m ing both ends of 0 tho the I 1 framework franie work open and all alfo to an open strip in tho the center thus four lining lifting surfaces ond and four elden eld ln sur ur faces at aie a presented to the vi wind ind when the breeze brecek freshened to a fit teen rolle mile an hour halt gait tho the lieutenant was safely holsted hoisted forty two feet so BO that he could see over the olives ot of tho the officers quarters and down the bay the force represented by the pulling of tho the four kites Is estimated at 1 I have studied the systems of prof langley I of 0 the smithsonian prof mar man in of the weather bureau and chil chanut of chicago who are special experiments lit in aerial locomotion with 1 said leont wise the success of rny my experiment that kites are arc serviceable in III agae chich would tear fear a balloon to pieces where it is desired to observe the surrounding country and inspect the eulers of 0 an enemy I 1 attribute my success to a close tol fol owing of 0 the 1 of rf those who have studied thoe the subject rather than to 10 iny chy efforts |