The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-07
Aerial Navigation Company Is
Formed to Garry Passen.
gers and Freight.
SPEED 100 MILES AN HOUR
J. w. OMAN, INVENTOR, CLAIMS
TO HAVE PERFECTED A pRAc.
1IcA0lg AlR-oHIp- COMPANY
CAPITALIZED At MIIlIoNe.

81. Louis. July THE Incorporation
OF the Universal Aerial Navigation
commercial passenger airship that
will rival the widest dream Of Jules
Verne. Omcials OF the company de-
clare that within . year they will
have . ship that will carry over a
hundred passengers in . forty-mile
wind and at speed Of 100 miles an
hour.
The machine ID the invention Of J.
w. Oman. formerly OF San Antonio.
Texas. but 1t present . St Louisan.
One II in process of construction in
the shops Of the inventor here.
The inventor claims that his ship can
start either from the land or water.
He declares 1t will ascend straight in
the air or can be launched In the man.
ner Of an aeroplane.
Can Make Any Size.
The new airship 10 called q gyro-
plane. 20 named from the fact that It
10 . combination Of gyroscope. the he'll
icopter and the aeroplane. It's pro-
motors say It can DO built in any size
from . twoman "runabout" or seven
passenger touring carr to q monster
Of the air that will carry 80 or 100
passengerA
"A 80 or 20 mile breeze would be a
help rather than . hindrance to our
machine said tho inventor today
I'VE will maintain absolute equilibri-
um in anything short of . cyclone. The
usual obstacles that prevent the flight
Of an ordinary cir ship will be as
nothing to this machine Of ours"
Il II planned to construct machines
that will maintain . regular passen-
scr service between cities and states,
and even countries. The gasoline sup
ply may be unlimited.
The gyroscope and the helicopter
are familiar principles in heavier-than
air navigation, but never before have
they been applied In the manner en-
ployed BY Oman. The model OF his
ship II f1tted with four huge propellers
~ feet In diameter. which may be
used in turn for drawing the machine
from the ground or carrying It
through the air. The machine has
been inspected by the government en-.
gineers and pronounced superior to all
others.
Ten patents have been granted, COW
ering almost every feature OF the ma
chine.
o. LIeht Material.
The machine 10 to be constructed en-.
tirely Of aluminium and macadamite.
And besides carrying four propellers.
10 ftted with two engines.
~ A.
the machine 10 rising and they are
gradually turned from an upright to
. horizontal position to get the ma
chine under way. Tho sole feature of
the machine that resembles an aero
plane IL the huge single plane fas-
tened TO the car sixteen feet above its
upper edge. This 10 used for sailing
and for maintaining equilibrium. It
10 also claimed that in case OF acci-
dent to tho machine It may be used
for bringing 1t gradually to the ground
by fitting It at different angles.
Practicable In War.
The inventor asserts that the ma
chine can be made to stand still In
one spot In tho air for an indefinite
time. I'VE could drop thousand
bombs on . warship from . height Of
two miles without moving . foot" he
declared.
Tho company IL capitalized at $5.-
100000. F. A. Seifert. Of st. Louis Is
president OF the concern. which has
. board Of directors and corps Of OF.
ilcers composed OF st. Louis business
men. Oman has studied aerial naviga-
tion for % years.