New-York tribune., 1908-12-21
UP In THE AIR 100 DAYS
1t Least Inventor Says the Flying
Turtle" UiU Stay That Long.

Fame II not fortune IS promised by John d
Hall Of Nassau street, to any man or woman "1O
will invest money to promote airship wEicn ne
,a11s +7a ssE4aII FIvfnz Turtle" The machine, he
said the other day TO a Tribune reporter Is so
constructed not 10 suggest IN the m1nd OF any
person that its inventor ever saw olrd MI han
Is the inventor Of the machine and the promoter OF
the Hall Air transportation Line. He says he Is
also an experienced architect. builder and me-
chanical engineer.
NV ideas on this subject are simple clear. n1ath-
er1aticaf" he said. MY airship viii easily stay IN
the. air one hundred days. barring only terrific
winds So far as am aware there are as yet only
two types Of aIrships before the pubicthe drlsloie
balloon and the aeroplane These pronounce 90
cided failures.
The FLYING Turtle is the only aeronautical appa-
ra+I1s combining the principles Of both the hell
copter and the aeroplane. The power which makes
It rise is convertible; the power which lifts
the machine straight up from the ground viii az
forward propeI #. This Is entirely new.
Mr. Hall said he did not wish to be understood
as deprecating the work OF the Wright brothers.
or any other inventors, but felt constrained 70
say, in view Of the experiments ne had oeen max
ing with a working model OF his machine that
the total lack Of scientific even sensible de-
sign in all other flying machines which know
anything about shows that other inventors are
shockiugly befOgged-
Il pronounce all other flying machines as being
as completely destitute CT true sIrshp forms and
features as a mule Is Of the gearing qualities OF
eagle" he added
Mr.. Hall Ekened the rUcCer OF MS alTsnlp 10 AAo
tail Of a fish, and he said the name Flying Turtle
had been given TO the machine because II more
closely resembIed a fatbacked turtle then any
other creature Of the sea- land or air
1T will ultimately be known either the Fly
Ing Turtle or the Hall Canopy and Cage Air
Ship" he said. THE Navy Department stands
ready to purchase several atrships for scouting
and dispatch bearing purposes The design or me
Hall aIrship easily fuIfIs all OF the difficult condl-
tions named, OF which IS fight OF at least
two hundred miles, carrying two men"
In describing his machine the inventor said there
was not a symptom OF the balloOnistic bubble.
the running jump deIusion the kiting cell" about
1t. II required gas hot air TO initiate it. no
external force TO send It up; smooth speeding
ground or elevated position TO give It start: no
hawsers or hoodIums to hold it down, and great,
smooth field TO save the lives Of its passengers
itself when it came down. II might rock and roll
and pitch and dive IN cyclOnic winds, as do ships
in turbulent waters he said. but its wreckage
liabilities were not materially greater than those
Of a modern steamship.
The machine is small he said The man who
cannot that the question can be solved On I
small scale Just as weu a large one does rot
truly grasp the subject Clocks, steam engines
electro-rnot0rs. sawniIls and steamships work
equally well upon small and large scales. A hawk
can fly as well a buzzard. goose OF even an
eagle.
ANY man who builds 25-man airship before he
has made a success Of a 3-man machine simply
fools away his own or his hackers money. How
much wiser would II have been for Zeppelin 70 have
built successfully eight 5-u1aH ships than Is
man at the total cost, and thus multiplied his
opportunity 10 correct errors by eight
Mr Hall is not revealing 70 a waiting world any
secrets OF his invention Just at present He has
made no public tests yet to prove that his machine
will do all he says it will do But the success OF
his invention is in his mind II not "in the air.