The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30


impartingCa quiet, steady action to the
balloon when in motion. The rudder
is somewhat similar to the rudder of a
ship, turning on long hinge and be-
ing controlled from the car, in which
a 90-horse-power Daimler motor re-
wolves at a rate of 1000 revolutions
per minute.
One of the peculiarities of the 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 is
not working, hangs listlessly down.
To the end of each wing weight Is
attached in such a manner that when
the motor is at work they fly out
through centrifugal force. The object
and superiority of this novel propeller
is evident when the airship is being
packed for transport, as they can be
slowed away like other canvas, etc.,
occupying comparatively no room.
With this airship speed exceeding As
to SO kilometers an hour has been at
tanned, a speed exceeding that of the
famous French airship La Patrie.
One of the greatest advantages pos
sessed by Germany's crack airship is
that all it's parts are so constructed
that they can be packed together in
the car within a few hours anG trans
ported in a single wagon from spot
to spot. The immense superiority that
it possesses in this respect over all
other airships is obvious even to the
layman, and would count for good
deal in case of war, where mobility
is one of the paramount considera-
lions. Major Parseval recently re.
marked that in spite of the great sue
cess he has attained, he is at work On
a perfected Parseval" airship for the
army, and that he is confident that it
will form the uniform type OF airship
which the German army will adopt.
The trial trips of the Parseval bal
loon, made under cover Of darkness
for purposes of secrecy, have demon
strated that it is not only able to du-
plicate with ease the performance of
it's much-advertised French rival, tho
Patrie, constructed by the Lebaudy
brothers. but has actually accomplish.
ed more in the direction of high
speed. The German army is exceeding.
ly proud of Major Won Parsevars
achievement, and although the Father.
land started fully five years behind
the French to exhaust the possibilities
of aeronautics for warfare, it may be
assumed with entire safety that no
grass is now being allowed to grow
under German experts feet in max.
ing up for lost time.
All kinds of rumors have been
afioat for some time past concerning
an enormous airship being constructed
by the German ballooning authorities
secretly, an airship of huge dimen.
sions, mounted with cannon, boats,
searchlights, apparatus for dropping
explosive, etc., an airship capable OF
carrying 80 or 40 men. That the bal.
looming authorities are constructing
new airship in the new balloonina
shed at Tegel is an open secret. That
the new airship will be combination
of the best qualities of the Zeppelin
and the Parseval airships is more than
a mere conjecture. But as for the feas.
Utility Of quick-firing guns being
mounted on the same, any one who
has the slightest knowledge of aero.
nautics in its present stage ridicules
the idea. Such weapons, as airships
are constructed nowadays, would
prove of infinitely more harm to those
in the airship than their enemies. For
the present such ideas may be traced
to the vivid imaginations of brilliant
sensationalists.