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Show Z!0I AEROfWOIS HAKE HRSI TRIP Tho first balloon voyage attempted under tno auspices of recently organized orga-nized Salt Lake Aero club took place ye3teraay and lesulied successfully. Tho big balloon "Salt Lake," carrying four passengers, traveled about lorty miles and landed within three miles of this city when the air navigator? feared that they were bolng carried luto Weber canyon. The descent waj made without mishap near Uintah, from which point tho balloon was transported to Ogden and shipped back to Salt Lake. The start was mado from Salt Lake at 1:35 o'clock and' the big balloon was soon out of sight when It struck a high air current und started In a northerly direction. For one hour and six minutes the balloonlsts remained In the air and in that time they were carried forty miles. During the trip the balloon attained a maximum nltl , tude of 4,000 feet. Upon approaching Uintah II. E. Honeywell of St Louis, who was In command, feared that some accident might result should the balloon be carried into the treach-1 erous ulr currents of the Weber canyon can-yon and a descent was made, the party landing in .safety before 3 o'clock. The balloon Just previous to its doscont was visible In this city. Tho first stage of the flight, that across Salt Lake, could not have been better planned. Tho balloon drifted directly north, following Main street until near the Hotel Utah, when it veered to the west and maintained a westerly direction for some miles An arm of Great Salt Lake was passed seven miles from Bountiful, tho balloon at this time being at an altitude of 2,700 feet. From thic point the route was northeast by north in the general direction of Kaysvllle. In passing over Kaysvllle, the highest altitude al-titude of the trip was recorded, tho gauge showing a distance above earth of 3,910 feet. From Kaysvllle the route was nearly due north to the mouth of Wobor canyon, can-yon, the line of railroad track being at all times visible to thoso in the balloon. "We" were confronted with the problem prob-lem of going to tho east and attempting attempt-ing to cross tho mountains or of dropping drop-ping to the lower currents and following follow-ing the foothills in the direction of Ogden,' said tho aeronauts. "We wore practically out of ballast and could not essay the first alternative, so we chose t,hc second and dropped to tho 000-foot level and Into a galo of 40 moles an hour. "Uncertain of what character of ground lay to the north, we decided to alight at tho first available plot, which proved to be tho farm of L. Dees, on the bench north of Uintah. We throw out the trail ropo and 'valved' the balloon. ,We sank until the car lightly touched the ground and rose In a secondary flight of 100 yards, when Captain Honeywell threw out the anchor and at the same time pulled the rip cord, the balloon measuring meas-uring Its length on the ground. "Tho landing was an exhibition of skill on the part of Captain Honeywell. Honey-well. The wind was blowing a gale, tbo last part of our journey was made at a rato approximating a mile a minute, and yet we alighted with less shock than ono would oxporionce In stopping off a slowly-moving alxet car." Tho aeronauts wore given a cordial welcome by the farmer into whoso fields thev alighted and were given every assistance In preparing tho balloon bal-loon for shipment to Salt Lako City. This was soon dono and the party came to Ogden, where tho members took train for Salt Lake at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon The only Individual to resent tho arrival of the balloon was a largo Durham bull grazing in the pasture where the descent was made. "That 'bull gave ono look at the car descending descend-ing from the skies," said a memher of the larty last night, "and proceeded to show moro apeed than most race horses, paying no attention to trifles like wire fences. I'll bet that bull Is still going." rm i |