Show BALLOON ASCENSION bt BL blonts aio mo april 27 4 the first long distance di stanop balloon ascension ascencion asce naion test which CAptain charles de do P F chand J ler united slates signal corss corps and aanund mr mccoy of the aero club new now york city are to conduct conducts will be undertaken der hero here today the objective point will ire bro washington and the trip is to be taken in order to demonstrate the effle efficiency loncy of balloons as signal agencies in warfare tho the aeronauts aero expect to make no descents but to land in the vicinity of washington next monday the balloon in which the journey wilt bo be attempted has a capacity of about eighty thousand cubic is the standard size of balloons ot of the aero clubs ot of tho the world |