The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-19
PEREZ ALR FL TIERS
CERTAIN TO INSURE
PERMANENT Pc ICE
inventor of Wonderful Machine Confident That War and Ru
morS of War viii Speedily Cease When He Gets His
Nests Arranged Startling Results From Ex-
pernenS in Desert and Over Sea.

Nentor or an airShlp that VIII insure
permanent TRANQUILITY and everlasting
peace on the earth and on the seas. He
Is the inventor of an airship which he
calls the Flyer-of-war. that has the
capacity to do things to nations when
they show signs of becoming belliger-
ent, for Mr.. Peries fiyer-of-war has
only 10 skim through the air and sta
ton itself over a bellicose potentate or
a fleet of warships that show signs of
being restless and drop or shoot down
few projectiles that will quickly take
the heart out of the most bloodthirsty
sea dog or the most valiant warrior
of the landlubber type. There is no
question In Mr. Peries mind that there
Will be a complete brotherhood of man,
an absence of great fleets and an eter-
nal "twenty-three" for vast standing
armies when he gets his flyers at work.
Mr. Perie has been experimenting
with his invention I'm secluded and iso-
lated hooks in the deserts to the south
west. He has found an ideal spot,
where he IS going 10 build towns and
have a regular system of flyer business
conducted on the lines that the govern
ment does its business on. He is sys-
tematic. is Mr. Perie. and the govern
ment of the aerial zone will be method
ically run
The tests that Mr.. Perie has made
real thing in aerial navigation. He has
absorbed such parts of the knowledge
given to the world by other flying ma
chine men. but his machines are con-
structed after an entirely different
fashion and follow an entirely different
principle. Yet Mr.. Perie recognizes the
value of the research and study of the
inventors who have labored in the field
before him. and gives them every need
of credit and praise
'Twere better, perhaps. to let Mr..
Perie tell about his flyer in his own
way-his hopes, ambitions. In an in
terview with The Herald. Mr.. Perie
said this:
salt Lake City, Utah.
Friend West-You ask me in your
various and welcome letters just re-
ceived here for synopsis of my prog
ress. Please note same below. Time
prevents my writing at greater length
at present. l will be hard at work
again in the desert within two or three
days, hut you may please continue 10
address me General delivery, Salt
Lake City, Utah from where my mail
will be forwarded by messenger unless
l happen to be in town personally.
From Death valley, Nevada. | again
returned To the Grand canyon in north
ern Arizona, and from there continued
across the meSas To the Plateau of the
Yaqui Indian country in northern Mex
leo. Then crossed the Gulf of Lower
California twice. on which flights
tried out descending apparatus from .
500 feet above sea level; also tested the
effect of the fume. floating. case and
hard metal explosives and aerial torpe-
does, over and on the surface of the
water. as well as on land. ! had an ex-
cellent opportunity To do this in that
section of the country. and | have now
about completed nearly ALI practical
tests TO the broadcast limits. The other
apparatus of the Flyer proved out the
same as on previous trips. and l con-
slider the same nearly perfect. at any
rate practical in every detail.
THE partly covered skeleton of the
Flyer makes an excellent lifeboat. pro-
visioned with munitions of war and
necessaries of life of every kind-light
and heat. all instruments necessary for
air flight. navigation. in the field. etc.
THE mean average speed | obtained
on these last trips was seventy-one and
one-half miles an hour. and this against
an average air current varying from
ten to fourteen miles an hour against
me Upon recrossing the gulf | ran
into constantly changing currents of
air, against which ] could make only
thirty-two miles per hour at an altitude
or 400 feet above sea level. This was
n hard trip. IL proved TO be severe
test on that part OF the apparatus 'es-
pecially installed for the purpose of
maintaining the center of gravity, and
whilst there was a slight variation at
times. the apparatus quickly adjusted
itself TO the various linear currents of
air which shifted il frequently every
few seconds, and proved most efticis
and susceptible OF absolute control un-
der the most adverse circumstances
The second trip and return was un-
eventful. except for the advent of two
eagles following in nearly all the way.
The mean average speed, as near as I
could observe il, was siXty-eight miles
per hour in an almost perfect calm.
"All of these many various trips
forced me to alter and in some eases
entirely change the charts and maps on
air currents at different attitudes. which
had accumulated from almost all over
the earth. | have now practically de-
cided upon the three main nests or sta
tons on this continent. all of which L
have most carefully Investigated. Three
i'm Europe from the Pyrenes and Alps
10 Norway. SO far only five in Asia
and two in Africa. These will for all
practical purposes at the start serve
all requirements The American nests
will form the nucleus of the aerial con-
troll embracing this part of the globe.
THE control nest or station mere is
In an ideal location: vast desert lands
and mountain ranges surrounding IT,
ON top of the highest Isolated mountain
there is a large plateau most suitable
for landing starting and housing the
Flyers also for the location of the
shops for assembling and repair work
only to be used by the men on the
FLYERS Here also will be located pri-
mary quarters for men on the Flyers
A smaller plateau 1000 feet below will
prove most suitable for the men of the
rivers living quarters-stores for pro-
visions. ammunition. supplies and re-
quirements of all kinds.
And at the base of the mountain
range the location of the general ma
chine and other works. as we'll as the
townsite, an abundance of water and
timber adding to the advantages of the
location. The upper two plateaux be-
ing practically inaccessible except by
the cable tramway to be constructed
for communication between the three
points At the lower townsite will also
be located the offices of the different
departments, for the start. at least. Of
the government of affairs in connection
with the Flyers. These departments
practically being the same. as all we'll
regulated governments support; as
we'll as Offices. etc, controlling other in