The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-12
JERSEY DEVIL TO
FLY At HUNDRED
MILES An HOUR
That Is If Expectation Of In
vent0r Och0a Is Realized.
The Machine Explained.
COMBINES AEROPLANE
WITH THE AUTOMOBILE
VIII Be Entered in Several Com
tests During Carnival in
l West Hudson.


- newly sHve1te6 asro-mobiie o.
Victor L. Ochoa, of North Paterson, Is
to bear the name of THE Jersey
Devil" This machine is at present
stored in a North Arlington barn and
its owner Is awaiting the arrival Of
an engine before he a put 1t together
for. use in the aeronautic carnival OF
the West Hudson Aero Club.
ochoa was seen by a STAR reporter
today and was ready with information
regarding his new machine. Il have
labored about fifteen years for the per-
feckion Of this aero-mobile." he said.
II wanted to have 1t greatly different
from any in use and I have succeeded.
1t Is mounted on wheels and is gov
erned as would be an automobile.
TT Is a combined automobile and
a~eroplane, and when not in use in the
air I can use 1t as l would an auto
Mr.. Aseroplane part is built along n
tireiy different lines thar that of the
WnghHs. Theirs is nca and mine
is convex. The reason for Its being con
vex is to avoid suction in the real .of
the aercplane."
my aeroplane congresses air down.
ward. The air passes beyond the mid
die OF the plane and begins to rebound
as the compressed cir under meath ac-
celebrates the movement, instead OF
retarding it, as Is the case with the
coucave plane. The concave has a
tendency to dip downward, which ten
dency has to be overcome by the inter-
position of the rudders in front.
This i~nterpositfon Is by
horsepower. In my convex plane the
tendency IL continually to lift upward,
but the tail In the rear. like that of a
bird, keeps 1t from 50 doing, and at
the aame time takes up the weight of
the machinery suspended below the
Reroplane. ,
TT II a faliacy.- continued Mr.. ochoa,
.tpsbslisve that large planes are neces-
sary to KEEP heavy weights in momen-
tuin from telling. as after a Momentum
of ten to fifteen miles is gained the at
traction OF the earth upon the mass in
motton Is almost nothing.
You may be assured that In future
speed through the air will be limited
only by horsepower of engines, and
before this year Is out the Amer
lean public may witness speed exceed
ing 100 miles an hour.
I'm the aero-mobile Immediately we
will save the wear and tear Of wheels
and tires, and the only expense, be-
side the wear of the machinery, win,
be the cost of gasoline. In the coming
carnival I intend to demonstrate every
day and enter contests with my ma
chine" concluded Mr.. Ochoa-
According to the inventor. It will be
for him to have a ruin of fifty
feet In order to have his machine start
ON q skyward Journey. The machine
Will travel until the. gasoline gives out
and can then be let down to earth and
driven home as an automobile.
Besides the a~ero-nobile, Mr.. Ochoa
has also invented the ornothopter, a
1uttering wing vehicle. which is capa-
BILE Of carrying four or five people. This
machine Is said to be capable of maxi
fng more than a hundred miles and
hour. and win be on the market, its In
ventor says, by the end Of the present
year..
The pictures shown are reproduc-
Of the machine which will be used
by Ochoa In the carnival