The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-11
THE FLYING AIRSHIP.
A WONDERFUL IsIVENTION BY A
MOUNT CARMEL GENIUS.
His Machine is TO be Built Of alumni
mum, Travel 200 Miles an Hour in
Safety. and Revolutionize the
Worlds Traffic.

| 6aIeLy. ana heVOluIlOnlze the
Worlds Traffic.
Esom the 81. Louis Republic.
Mot 6CARaEL. ILL. Oct. 5.-The aerial
machine. or airship. described in Chicago
paper this morning, is the invention Of E.
J. Pennington and R. H. Butler of this
city. Pennington is a natural mechanic,
and his inventions are worth thousands Of
dollars. He is connected with the Mount
Carmel Pump and Machine Works, the
most extensive manufacturing plant in this
part of the state. The airship patent has
been sold to the Mount Carmel Aeronautic
Company, Incorporated with capital Of
SO. 100000. The stockholders in
clude some of the wealthiest
men in the union, VINO, af-
ter patient examination of the model are
satisfied that the problem of aerial naviga-
ton has been solved and that it will soon
supersede ira ed by river and steamer.
The executive board of the company lie
John Pugh of Columbus. o.; w. c. Dewey,
Grand Rapids, Mich. E. j. Pennington,
Monut Carmel, Ill. W. Troiford, Birming-
ham, England; r. H. Butler, Mount Car
mel. Ill. E. L. Chamberlain, Chicago, ILL., !;
Charles j. Shearer, Chicago; Alex Shaw,
Elmira, N. Y. and J. A. Pugh, Chicago.
There will be four additional directors to
be chosen. Ths works will be located at
Mount Carmel, ILL.,, and will cover several
acres. The work will be begun at once. No
capital is asked Of the general public An
English and American syndicate will fur
! nish millions If necessary to put the work
| into successful operation.
The first practical machine is TO be COM
pleted and put in operation within sixty
days, and the first trial trip will be from
Mount Carmel to st. Louis and from thence
to Chicago the machine will have car
rylng capacity OF fifty passengers, which
can be enlarged to any extent ssired. The
principal building of the plant for making
| the ships will be 500 feet square, Every
thing required in the building of the
machines, including aluminium, of which
| they are largely constructed, will be manu-
| featured by the company. The speed of
the ship is estimated at 200 miles an hour.
| st. Louis people can breakfast at home, go
to the worlds fair, return home for dinner,
and get back to Chicago for the evening.
THE FLYING SHIP.
The design of the machine is on the same
| principle as the hull of a ship, with about
| the same proportion. Its appearance, ex-
cept being shaped, is round aud conical
at both ends, having attached at either side
two large wings extending the full length
The wings are arranged with a device that
will open them automatically into a para
chute, allowing the machine to descend to
the earth gradually in case of accident. On
the outward corners of these wings are
placed propeller wheels, which run right or
left; for raising or lowering the ship. At
the bow is a very large propeller wheel,
which propels the ship forward and back
ward, and directly on top of the buoyaucy
chamber is a rudder, extending its full
length and half the width of the
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horizontally. A little to the rear and Just
behind this top rudder is an adjustable
rudder to steer the ship sideways or to the
| right or left Directly under this is a rud-
| der running horizontally; this is used to
| raise or lower the ship while in motion.
| The cabin is hung directly under the main
| part of the frame, and directly underneath
the cabin is a space for storage batteries,
| which, being at the extreme lower side
acts as ballast and keeps the ship from
tipping to either side. The front end of
the cabin is occupied by the pilot, or steers
| man, who has in front Of him a map aud
| compass of his route to steer by. On
the right and left are small levers for
switching the electric appliances necessary
to direct or guide the ship. Both the rud-
ders and five propeller wheels are controlled
by electricity, and child 10 years old
would have sufficient strength TO man the
entire ship. Automatic mechanicism keeps
| the cabin heated to any desired temperature.
The gas engine for driving the propeller
wheels, and the storage batteries are of an
entirely new design, suitable for this pur-
pose. and weighs only one-flfth the amount
of ordinary designs. Aluminium is freely
used in the construction; in fact aerial navi
cation would have remained unsolved wert
it not for these properties
PERFECTLY SAFE.
Tho Snfatu Of tho r,accanuarc 10 dar
for in the general construction of the ship
If by any means the buoyancy chamber
should become imperative in keeping the
ship afioat the wings can be instantly
formed into parachute aud the propelle
wheels brought into play to lower it, il
necessary. or the ship could proceed on it
journey. as the propellers attached to the
wings would keep the machine ahoat indie
pendently of the buoyency chamber
The cost of construction is of great ad
vantage in navigating the air, for all tina
is required is the ship and landing stations
There are no lobbies needed to work tn
; legislatures for charters, no right of ways {
, buy; the air is free and space unlimited
! there are no hills to circle or mountains t.
tunnel, no rivers to bridge or steep grade
, to climb. no surveys are necessary, nor ar
J there difficult feats of engineering to per
: form. Nature provides a straight route
with no obstacle to impede the way, and 70
q reasonable price each family can own it
aerial machine
The new company is undoubtedly one o
the most solid financial corporations eve
organized, as several of the incorporation
are able to draw checks for $1,000, 900 each
The executive board feel confident that tn
limit for passenger travel will be not to ex-
coed one-half per cent. per mile, so that on
can visit Europe for less sum than it nov
takes to go from st. Louis to New York.
THE INVENTOR TALKS.
Mr.. Pennington. the inventor, is youn,
: man, tall, dark, with an intellectual counte
nance, black hair and eyes and of a quick
nervous temperament. He has been an in
ventor since boyhood, many of his inven
tions being of great benefit to the mechani-
cal world. He is second Thomas Edison
in the number and character of his inven
tions, aud his airship invention will riva
Edison's uses of electricity. In an interview
to-day Mr.. Pennington said:
) NV hen you first think of it, aerial naviga
ton on a practical scale seems impossible
but it is the simplest and most feasible thing
in the world. Nor was ever as great
scheme backed by such abundant capita
and such an aggregation of solid mon anc
business tact. [ have no doubt Of its sue
cess. i am as confident that the full siz
machine will do all that | claim for it, al
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