The Hartford herald., 1910-07-20
In This Air Ship Com
pary'S Plans.
PROJECT A PASSENGER CRAFT
That Will Carry Over a Hun.
dred Persons in a
FOrt.Mile Wind.
LATEST AIR SHIP INVENTION

st. Louis, Mo-, July 16.-The in
corporation of the Universal Aerial
Navigation Company has revealed
plans for a commercial passenger air
ship that will rival the widest
dreams of Jules Verne. officials of
the company declare that within
year they will have a ship that will
cary over a hundred passengers in
forty-mile wind and at a speed of 100
miles an hour.
The machine is the invention of J.
w. Oman, formerly of San Antonio,
Texas, but at present a st. Louisan.
One is in process of construction in
the shops of the inventor here.
The inventor claims that his ship
can start either from the land or wa
ter. He declares it will ascend
straight into the air or can be
launched in the manner of an aero
plane.
The new airship is called a gyro-
plane, so named from the fact that
it is a combination of gyroscope, the
helicopter and the aeroplane. Its
promoters say it can be built in any
size, from a two-man "runabout" or
seven-passenger "touring-car" to
monster of the air that will carry so
or 100 passengers.
Easy i'm the Wind.
"A 80 or 40 mile breeze would be
help rather than a hindrance to
our machine" said the inventor to-
day. I'VE will maintain absolute
equilibrium in anything short of a
cyclone. The usual obstacles that
prevent the flight of an ordinary air.
ship will be as nothing to this ma
chine of ours"
II is planned to construct ma
chimes that will maintain a regular
passenger service between cities and
States, and even countries. The gas
oline supply may be unlimited.
The gyroscope and the helicopter
are familiar principles in heavier
than-air navigation, but never be-
fore have they been applied in the
manner employed by Oman. The
model of his ship is fitted with four
huge propellers, IL feet in diameter,
which may be used in turn for draw
ing the machine from the ground or
carrying it through the air. The ma
chine has been inspected by Govern
ment engineers and pronounced su-
perior to all others.
Ten patents have been granted.
covering almost every feature of the
Made of Aluminium.
The machine is to be constructed
entirely of aluminium and macadam-
mite. And besides carrying four
propellers, is fitted with two engines
The propellers are helicopters
while the machine is rising and they
are gradually turned from an up
right to a horizontal position to get
the machine under way. The sole
! feature of the machine that resem-
| bles an aeroplane is the huge single
plane fastened to the car sixteen feet
above its upper edge. This is used
for sailing and for maintaining equi-
| librium. 1t is also claimed that in
case of accident to the machine 1t
may be used for bringing it gradual
| ly to the ground by fitting II at diff
| ferent angles.
The inventor asserts the machine
can be made to stand still at one
spot in the air for an indefinite time.
I'VE could drop a thousand bombs
on warship from a height OF two
miles without moving foot he de-
clared.
The company is capitalized at $5,-
100000. F. A. Seifert, a st. Louis
an,is President of the concern, which
has a Board of Directors and a corps
of officers composed of st. Louis bus
mess men. Oman has studied aerial
navigation for 90 years.
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