Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-17

seconds and used to make a jump to the
earth. as If they were parachutes.. or for
Or: the first trial ship we will employ
Only six gas bags, leaving out the two
just mentioned, and the great canopy bag,
which will be those that surround the
cabin. The cabin is to be six feet wide
and twenty-three feet long and seven feet
high. The gas bags will befseven feet high
next to the cabin and taper off to one
inch at the outer edges. thus reducing the
resistance to a minimum. The ship Will
be forty feet wide, sevcntv-five feet long,
and. leaving out the ballast frame-which
extends below the ship some eight feet. and
is the same size OF the cabin. and held up
by eight tubes, which are so far apart
that they will not of1er any resistance at
ali-the resistance w:ll be the fifty-pound
bags of sand on the bottom. and the bot
tom is made or open ~tre work, to let the
sand sift through when turned over by
cords running up to the cabin. The ship
is to be only seven fee. high. and with the
ballast frame the height viii be fifteen
feet. Two propellers at the rear end will
force the ship through the air at high
rate of speed. as the ship tapers off for
thirty-five feet in front. practically cutting
the air like a knife. Two propellers near
the front end one on the sides to guide
the ship to the right and left, also a pro-
peller up over the 'front.' at the tip end, for
the purpose of raising or lowering the
front of the ship. causing the ship to be
driven higher to descend toward the
earth.
''Thus will have complete control Of the
ship and can compel it to go in any direc-
ton desired. All the propellers work sep
arate and independent of each other, and
work both ways equally as well. This ship
VIII only require engine of ten horse
power to run all five propellers at their
greatest speed. The eight-f0ot ballast frame
and the four landing legs which swing from
and below the ballast frame are made of
bicycle tubing There Is to be an anchor or
graphing hook, which Is attached to a 200
foot rope. With this ballast, no matter how
'gusty' the wind may become. the ship will
not turn turtle or even rock any more than
do the Norfolk and Washington steamers on
the Potomac river. Having six or more sep
arate gas bags. the ship Is actually immune
from danger of falling suddenly to the earth
unless the last one of the gas bags should
and would not happen once in forty years.
In Case Of Disaster.
''Of course, IL three or more of the bags
should burst, caused by a Mauser bullet, the
ship would settle off toward the ground. but
would come down very slowly, SO there
would bono danger to the passengers.
have arranged for u safe and sure landing
OF the ship by means OF the anchor and a
capssan When attach tho upper or canopy
gas bag to my aerial ship ! will have
combination OF balloon and aereoplane, as
beth the upper and the lower gas bags are
fla. on THE bottom, making It possible to
glide around and ascend or descend through
space with less than 100 pounds of lifting
power.
MY complete aerial ship will have car
rytug capacity of more than a ton. / can
with larger ship and twenty horsepower
engine carry as much as five tons. expect