The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-16
TO
Be THE HOME
OF AEROP[ANE
A. N. NASSR COMPLETES MODEL
OF AIR MACHINE AT WORK
SHOP-iTS BIGGER PARENT TO
BE COMPLETED IN SIX WEEKS
UNDER FAVORABLE CONDi-
TONS.

Pensacola is to be the home OF an
aeroplane It's maker will be A. N.
(Tony) Nassr, an Onion and we'll
known aeronuat, who, with his dirigi-
BILE air ship, was one Of the princi-
pal attractions at the Interstate fair
The model has already been complet-
ed and Mr.. Nassr Is now waiting for
the material for the body of the ma
chine to begin its actual construction.
The order for the engine Will be plac-
ed shortly.
Mr.. Nassr, after having constructed
a number of dirigible airsh1ps and af-
ter having made as many dirigible
ascensions as most aviators Of Ameri-
ca, has at last given up the dirigible
and taken to the aeroplane as the
aerial craft of the future It was a
difficult task to Nassr to rele~ate the
dirigible to the rear. For many years
he toiled to further aerial knowledge
by means of the dirigible and he did
his share.
Eight years ago Nassr, the son Of a
mechanic at Toledo, Ohio. manifested
keen interest in aerial problems This
interest was heightened and crystal
lied by visit to Europe, where he.
yet in his teens, witnessed the evolu-
tions of DuPont's dirigihle air ship,
which was then astounding the
| world.
So impressed was Nassr with these
experiments, together with his earlier
and preliminary crude Investigations,
that when he returned to America it
was with the idea of constructing an
air ship. At that time the heavier
| than-air machine was unknown His
| first type of an aerial craft was pat
terened after the Santos DUPONT di-
| rigible.
| Four years he worked before his
! first fight. Then he became one of
the prominent aeronauts of the coun-
try and was one of the few first sue
cessful dirigible airship builders and
navigators in America. From the out
set he became popular in Ohio as an
aviator. Then followed a series OF ex-
| hibition flights, In which. he reaped
quite fortune. He spent the ensuing
two years in tour of the east, north
and Canada. and then last fall came
south and on this tour exhibited his
machine at Kupfrian's park.
| Mr.. Nassr had, before coming south,
| recognized the passing Of the dirigi-
/ BILE as the popular aerial craft and the
aeroplane as its successor He had,
! therefore, decided to spend the winter
| in the south in constructing and ex-
perimenting with heavier-than-air ma
chimes. The exact spot for his expert
! ments, though, had not been select
ed until he reached Pensacola. Then
Mr.. Nassr, recognizing in this city the
!, ideal location for such an enterprise,
Immediately set about the manufac-
ture of his machine.
Model Completed.
He set to work on the model of the
new machine. 1t is biplane, having
two planes, but technically It will be
different from any machines now in
existence, according to the model.
But, Of course, these technicalities are
kept as a secret, as a protection to
the inventor. But one of the principal
variations in Mr.. Nassr's model and
other machines, is. in the equibulator,
extending out in front of the machine.
The Wright and other types Of BIZ
planes also have this feature, as do
all heavier-than-air craft, but Mr..
Nassr's craft will differ in this feature
in that it Is constructed along much
simpler lines. But one lever is re-
quired to operate it, whereas on other
machines three levers are used.
Much of the duties of the warped
planes of the Wright machine are
given to the new equibulator and in
the Nassr machine it is given more
Importance. Mr.. Nassr will also in
stall one OF the newest and latest
modelled aluminium motor and en-
CINE. There are number Of other