The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-20
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attached to the two sides ana Dott0n
imparting quiet, steady action to tho
balloon when IN motion. The rudder
is somewhat similar to the rudder Of 8
ship, turning on a long hinge and b.
ing controlled from the car, in which
sohorse-power Daimler motor -
wolves at rate Of 1000 revolutions
per minute.
One Of the peeuliaritles Of tho Par
seval airship is the propeller, with ITS
four wings. These wings are not solid
blades, or even framed, but mere
loose stuff which. when the motor y
not working, hangs lIstlessly down
TO The end Of each wing weight r.
attached in such.a manner that when
the motor is at work they hy out
through centrifugal force The obieeti
and superiority Of this novel propellorl
is evident when the airship Is beingl
packed for transport, as they can lc
slowed away like other canvas, etc,l
occupying comparatively no ROOM
With this alrship a speed exceeding 4s
TO 50 kilometers an hour has been al
tained. a speed exceeding that Of thel
famous French airship La Patrle.
One of the greatest advantages poa-
sessed by Germany's crack airship y
that an It's parts are 50 constructed
that they can be packed together I'M
the car within a few hours ant irons
ported in single wagon from spot
to spot. The immense superiority that
It possesses in this respect over ail
other airships is obvious even TO the
layman, and would ceuut for a good
deal in case Of war. where mobility
is one Of the paramount coRsidefa
tions. Major parseval recently re-
marked that in spite Of the great sue
cess he has attained be Is at work on
a perfected ParsevaF airship for the
army. and that he Is confident that y
S will form the uniform type Of airship
I which the German army viii adopt
L The trial trips Of the Parseyal bal
= loon. made under cover Of darlmess
D for purposes Of secrecy, have demon
n strated that It is not oniy able to d.
g plcate with ease the performance ~
+ its much-advertIsed French rival the
+ Patrie, constructed BY the Lebaady
1t brothers, but has actually accomplish
s, ed more In the direction Of high
2 speed The German army Is exceeding
< " proud or MAJOR Won farseVars
4 achievement, and although the Father
4 land started fully Eve years behind
IS the French 10 exhaust the possibilities
st of aeronautlcs for warfare, Il may b.
# assumed with entire safety that nc
g grass is now being allowed TO grow
n under German experts feet in mah
ing up for lost time
s. All kinds Of rmofs have been
n, anoat for some time past concerning
IN an enormous airship being constructed
al by the German ballooning authoritie.
# secretly. an airship OF huge dimen
Dy sions. mounted with cannon. boats
d. searchlights, apparatus for dropping
he explosive, etc. an airshiD capable OF
ly carrying 30 or 40 men. Thet the bal
IS. looming authorities are constructing
re new airship in the new balloonini
an shed at Tegel is an open secret Tha
IN the new airship viii be comhlnaslo'
er. Of the best qualities Of the Zcppciil
se- and the PaFseval airships Is more thar
re a mere conjecture. But AZ for the feas
ar- ibllity of quick firing guns bcini
Il mounted on tic same. any enc wh
ed has the slightest knowledge Of aer,
m nautics in It's present stage ridieule
ie- the idea. Such weapons, as alrsbip
ri are constructed nowadays wouh
nd prove Of infinitely more harm 10 thos
IN the airsblp than their enemies 20
Of the present such Ideas may be trace
as. to the vivid Imaginations Of brilllan
rh sensati0nalists.