Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-19
THBSWEET BYANDBY
An Authority Says We shall All Fly Soon.
yxosting ON Aeropiane winss--stsrt From
= High Tower and Be Waited Home.


. High Tower and Bs Waited Home.
According to Professor Myers tho prin-
Opal American authority on aerial naviga-
tion, we arc very near to solving the prob
Lam of air travel. Says the professor:
"No trouble TO Fly. Troublegs to land
safely. II we had as much experience as
birds, II we had generations back OF US
spent In floating about In the air, adapting
ourselves TO air currents, we should all fy
now.
''It would not take much strength to-
{ly. Birds do not fly with their wing mus
blss. They raise themselves In the air with
those muscles and fly simply by using their
wings as aeroplanes.
"Mnn will fly with less muscular effort
than birds. He will not need to lift him
self of the ground Steam or some other
force will do that for him. He will start
from the height that suits him and calmly
fpat of to his destination.
"I do not exaggerate when I say that
this floating In air will be no more diff
cult than skating or riding bicycle. OF
course 1t will frighten people more, be-
Cause the results Of a mistake would be so
much more dangerous. But In time all
rapid transit will be by floating.
"This Is what you will sec In the days
to come. For suburban traffic, railroad
trains and all sorts Of primitive ground
6onveyanoes will be done away with.
"In the center Of this great city or IN
the most convenient spot there will be
great tower, point Of departure for those
living out Of town. Probably In time
there will be great many Of these towers
run by rival concerns. Elevators will take
travellers to the top for cent or less each.
The traveller will spread his wings point
toward his home and float back peacefully.
II despise whatever s not scientific and
reasonable This is most reasonable. It
Is scientific tact that whep q man goes
mp 1000 feet Into the Aiy he has ip himself
sufficient gravitauve force to carry him 100
miles. A man starting from the top OF
tower 1000 feet high would float of for
400 mixes and land gently Without any
muscular effort whatever. His aeroplane
wings would hold him up, and he would
move forward and downward at q delight
full angle. OF course y hd went the full
100 miles from only 1000 feet elevation he
would not 60 very fast II he went up
miles he could increase the angle and scoot
downward and homeward with the swift
ness Of q swallow. Expert aeroplanists
W WAAA AAAeshO AAAoA sOAHfoAy hoPAV hABhoS. AAOy
will be the scorchers Of the future, and
laws will be passed against them. OF
course after dark 1iers will carry lights,
and there will be MANY restrictions to
avoid midair collisions. These statements
will excite mirth ambng the unthinking,
but they are not exaggerations and they
will not excite as much mirth as did the
first appearance of the locomotive.
1.-THE big birds, the soaring birds, float |
along on the air like ship on the water, |
with the added power of gravitation and
skill beyond our comprehension to carry |
them along. That skill, however, is no |
more wonderful to us than our bicycling |
would be to them.
"Of course the fier would live near |
some returning tower, and would fly OF |
float back to town in the morning. How
long 1t will take the human race to get
used to the air as travelling medium do |
not know. I do not believe it will take |
long.
"Our present experiments with bags of |
gas suspended above us are exactly similar |
to the experiments of the swimmer learn |
ing to swim with a bladder or other life |
preserver holding him up. When he ceases |
to be afraid of the water he swims. When |
we cease to be afraid of the air and learn |
little more about it we shall float This |
is not guesswork. 1t is fact. New York |
World