New-York tribune., 1909-01-18
CHANCE FOR AMERICA
Mau Get IN on Ground Floor Of AT-
shin Trust.

The Bliven Airship Trust has been formed cdp'-
tai stock 81 10000. with Alonzo Perry BIlveh. Io
merly of Brooklyn and now OF New Lohooii NoH,.'
at it's head, as the owner OF several patents IN IN
aIrshp construction and the builder OF the uust
Arst heaven kissing aluminium shell, which VIII pe
released from the waters OF the SOUND lhe pio-
moter says. or about April l.
The object OF the BIiven A!rship Trust Is not
to sell airships, at least not right away. out -
dispose to the United States government ana oteI
governments-the United States to have first chhCe
at $500, ,O0o-exclusive patent rights
Realizing the difficulties attached to such a
proposition unless tangible, well behaved ar
ship were first built and demonstrated to be In a
class by itself Mr.. Bliven IS at work on MS ma
chine He said in this city few days ago thaI ne
would turn out a complete airship in less thah
three months. and that it would be caHeo tHe
Yankee Bird and would cost 100000
H 6 Dobbie of West 4th street, has been ap-
. nointed to manage the sales TO this and foreign
governments of the patent rights. He said nan
million dollars each would be demanded from Eng
lard .nd France, and half that amount from
Capada and Mexico. Il was said that the airsAlp
would rise above any objection which might be
raised to the use OF ths word trust in the COM
pany's name, In these days of the trust buster
The inventor said that the craft was intended 20
carry eight persons, and the combined weight Of
the airship itself and all 1t would contain and
carry would be Il 800 pounds. 1T Will be lS0 feet
long.
"A practical craft in which 10 navigate the air
must be able to stay up just as a ship stays on
top OF the water" said Captain Bliven, and give
her navigator nothing to think Of but navigating
That is TO say, nothing but that, except In acci-
dent Accidents will happen in the air Just as
they do on the water: there Will be adverse con-
dtions storms TO fight against, and the chances
will go against one without doubt, but Il really
isn't so much worse to be dumped out into the
air than into the water, and parachutes serve as
life savers as we'll small boats.
"Gasolene? No. sir; better than that I'm 90
ing to use Illuminating gas, ordinary Illuminating
gas which 1 can get in any city in the land. or
make myself the ship. IL necessary That s
what goes IN the fuel tank. between the living
tank and the gas envelope"
The car will be built in the shape OF boat
which, he says, will enable him TO launch on the
water instead of from elaborate launching frames,
as we'll as making his ship ''alnphibious.' He
means 10 carry 1000 pounds OF water ballast al
all times so II the buoyancy of the airshiD should
become impaired the release OF this VIII be a
means Of safety.
Asked about the effect OF gale, he replied:
Go above Il. It's impossible that the different
strata Of air should all be moving in the same
direction All you have TO do is TO up there.
You must have something that Will up there,
of course and believe I've got 1t. The Yankee
Bird will be a warshp. I'm not thinking about
fits commercial uses now. I figure, however. that
a shin 600 feet long could carry 800 persons and
stores for their maintenance. and cross the At
lantic with
Plainly a ship OF this type Will readily go 10
the North Pole II she works as l expect, and
come back. too, which is something Wellman
doesn't seem 20 have figured on"