Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-04-16 | Page 1 | Balloonists Drop Miniature Planes

I BALLOONISTS DROP MINIATURE PLANES SAINT SAI-IT CYR France April 16 16 I Associated Press Press aturo By the Pross I aturo without WIthout pilot or I motor were dropped from an ob- ob ob observation er allon balloon at an altitude of 1100 feet Ceet Sunday and remained OCi ma In Inthe mathe inthe the air from three to four Cour minutes The demonstration was sins given at atthe atthe th the Saint Cyr flying field There Thre Th re were three or Ot four planes large enough to carry a pilot but buta a majority of oC the 62 entries hadan had hadan an avel age wing spread of oC 16 15 ind nd 20 feet and l weighed from 15 11 to 50 pounds One of oC the planes I remained In the air three minutes I and nine fifty second and nd I two and a halt half kilometers fro from In the starting point and several times gained in altitude while hUe In light flight