The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-08

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AGAINST a sudden descent. These flaps
are limp except in case Of too sudden
decent. when they open out Ike
parachute. This is only one Of sever
al safety appliances which belong tc
the Kinder airship. This ships frame
work is made of aluminium and light
steel tubing. The motive power is a
strong battery constructed in the
lightest possible manner the motor,
battery and propeller together only
weighing 800 pounds
A baIloonist Of Streator, ILL.,. named
Reiferscheid will race with hori-
zontal balloon, built somewhat after
the shape of a cigar and pointed at
both ends. Around the balloon are
strips OF aluminium of sufficient
strength for substantial framework
Propellers are placed at both ends of
the machine. six in all being used,
for use in raising and lowering and
guiding it. A sixhorse power gaso'
line motor will provide the power.
The balloon will be filled with hydro
gen gas and will be hermetically seal
ed. Large fans will provide safety
device to enable the ship to descend
slowly in case of a collapse of the
balloon.
Samuel T. Best, a Louisville, Ky.
real estate man, has invented an air
ship for which he claims great re-
sults. He has been working on his
plans for thirty-seven years before
perfectiug them. He claims to be
able to make sixty miles an hour in
, his ship. He got the first idea for his
invention from watching a child's
! wh.rligig at school, Best's balloon
r consists of two gas chambers thirty
81 feet long. six feet in diameter in the
E center. taperlng toward the ends
4 There is an elevated plane, circular
/ in form made of aluminium twenty
y feet in diameter This constituted the
!. twelve wines of the machine. The
1 carriage is twelve feet long four fee
l. wide at the rear. tapering to poln
!. in front. Power is provided by four
r horse power gasoline motor. Ther'
l. are two screw propellers, the one Il
v the front serving also to guide TN
n ship. The elevated plane will act a
parachute to prevent too ral10 'e
:. scent in case of accident.
t. DIR. August Greth, of San francisco
4. win enter the Worlds fair contest wit
2. an a,rship which he has already thol
" ouehly tested with considerable sal
10 lsfaotion and which he claims to hay
q under perfect control. 1t is larg
is pearshaped balloon, pointed in iron
20 to which Is attached an aluminium ca
le A large rudder placed some distanc
~ from the car serves to guide the M
a chine and motor similar to tn
he uehtest automobile motor, furnisn'
er the power. =,
rd An English inventor, named Beedl
re has an airship which he thinks VI
tn prove a winner in the big contest. II
gs frame Of the ship is bullt OF oic|0
tubing. the three main tubes, exten
oil. ing the entire length, being brous
ed to point at each end. The frame
We so arranged as to form trlane
It within which is placed the motor al
in the aeronaut's basket. The to'
,ut length Of the framework is fifty te
Tor The weight Of the motor and its fran
an complete Is Az pounds. The 10
ng. weight Of the airship's framework
els $50 pounds. The motor used is a
the teen-horse power gasoline engine
whose construction aluminium
nd. been utilized as far as possible !
est feature Of this ship is the steerl
will propeller, which is mounted at
ma front end Of the framework
AN When It is desired to direct the
ling ship upward the propeller frame
lion placed in vertical position thus p