Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1907 — BRITAINS WAR BALLOON A SUCCESS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRITAINS WAR BALLOON A SUCCESS.

Circling over London like a great bird, answering its helm like a ship In a smooth sea. the new English war bal loOn the other day gave the startled people the finest exhibition of the possibilities of aerial navigation ever witnessed. In streets below thousands watched the maneuvers too much awed to cheer. The airship started from Aidershot and traveled thirty-five miles to London. It sailed over the Thames, performing various maneuvers in a satisfactory nianner. circled the city and then returned.