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Show KITE BALLOON MAKES SUCCESSFUL VOYAGE WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE. Sept. 23. A military kite balloon laiuleX near here after a trip from Akron, )., a distance of about 120 miles. The balloon was piloted by (.'. H. Roth and C. A. Wollen of Akron, and made the trip in three hours and forty-five minutes. min-utes. The balloon was of the dirigible tvpe, shaped like a large cigar, but carried car-ried no motive power. It was steered by means of planes. The pilots said that it was the first time that such a trip in a balloon so equipped ever had been attempted in this country. |