The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-30
new YORKER HAS
FLYING MACHINE
ERNEST L. NORRIS CLAIMS TO
HAVE APPARATUS BETTER
THAN The WRIGHT
AERoPLANE.

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Albany, Dec. S04-zealopsIy guarding
the model of dirigibTe flying ma
chine. upon which heL has worked
thirty years. Ernest z. Norris OF 323
Central avenues this city. declared to-
day, that he had an improved type OF
airship, absolutely under control, and
in his estimation a machine that was
in every way superior to the Wright
brothers. aeropiane.
Norris 10 an Englishman, and stu
dent Of aerial navigation since 1871.
He came to ALBANY after the Franco
German war, and has since been en-
gagged In the bicycle business. He per-
fected his first model in 1873, rather
clumsy affair, with power generated by
steam and operating three arms on the
wing theory 1t was impractical and
ever since Norris has been working
diligently, during his spare time, In
vestieatfng the mechanism of other
inventors machines.
For twenty three years he has been
at work on the present model, build
ing up and tearing down, always hav-
ing in mind that to be a success the
machine must embody lightness,
siren eth and speed and be under con-
troll All these conditions he has met.
The model has ..heen perfected and
patents taken out with Mum e. Co,
of New York
Boston and New York capitalists
will finance company to develop the
navigating qualities OF the new ship,
it is said
The model, is cigar shaped IL with
tandem. wings, operated by a. gasoline
ongine. by which power the. wings
work automatically to take the ma
chine on the ascent. In this respect
it differs from the, Wright, machine,
which rises and descends on a slant,
The Norris machine remains .perpep-
dicular,, rising, or descending so far
as could be learned from Mr. Norris
explanation, the wings are used only
to get. the. machine In the, air, maintain
It's poisea under fight and of material
assistance in making headway against
a., strong wind when used in conjune-
tion with the steering apparatus
Power lis, derived from a, steel pro
peller on the front OF the machine with
a corresponding. steel steering ap-
paratus at the rear Mn.
Mr.. Norris. was at Fort Meyer. va.
when Wilbur, Wright made. his flights
before the army commission In
speaking Of the Wrights' achievements
Mr.. Norris said: ,,,A s-si Il. !, a.sy7s
The Wrights are doing wonders
considering what they have to do with
but their machine is impracticable and
dangerous. In their machine the avia-
tor sits on one of the planes, and by
shifting hrs weight causes the machine
TO rise or fall. Their machines are
made OF wood while mine are made
OF. followed steel, and : mine will be
stronger and more. reliable than their
weedSns ot,e, and yet be Fighter. II
was the Breaking or the wooden pro-
peIIer on the Wright machine that
caused the fatal accident on the drill
field at, Fort Meyer The Wright ma
chine 70 an, aerial vessel, with the
wings in tandem, and the occupants OF
the machine will ride with their weight
suspended under the wings in the
frame work g' sg-. rFt1
SIN making the claims which Il dc
for my machine, take into considera4
tionathatg. hundreds. of Inventors abe.
fore me have from time to time. claim
ed to have solved the aerial naviga-
tion problema I do not make the
claim that have solved, the question
but Tsdo say that my machine. is more
practical and nearer the solution oi
thisg problem, than any machine vel
put on the market. say this after
twenty y-three. years of experimenting
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