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Show DIRIGIBLE BALLOON "V -. OF TWO FRENCHMEN. i PARIS. May 9-The airship constructed for the Lebaudy-brothers made a highly successful trip under Pilot Juahmes and Engineer; Ry. The start was. made at a. m. from St. Martin, during a light rain and with a brisk wind blowing. The dirigible ' craft passed over a number of suburban towns.' At Manles she made a clrele around the cathedral aplfe and left that town, going diagonally against the direction the wind was coming from. Over Limay, Manles and. Rosny the airship was put through a series of .evolutions, and answered her helm and maneuvered to the perfect satisfaction satis-faction of all Interested in her. She then returned to her point of departure, where she descended without' accident : - The distance covered was J7 kilometers In l hour and 36 minutes, against Santos-Dumont's Santos-Dumont's record for the Deutsch prise of li'.i kilometers In 30 minutes. |