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U.S. ARMY BALLOONING RENEWED
Ballooning activities increased significantly during the following months as Army personnel gained aeronautical experience. In 1907 the Signal Corps purchased two hydrogen balloons, the first since the Spanish American War. One of these two balloons made a long flight from Washington, D.C., to Harrisburg, Penn., on June 4, 1907, with Capt. Chandler as the observer. In 1908 the Signal Corps began experimenting with radio communication and photography from its balloons.
By 1913, however, the Signal Corps' focus had turned to airplanes alone, and Aeronautical Division ballooning once again ceased. |