The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-20
CUmr ANY Is tUHmtu
TO BUILD AtR0PLANE
PLANS HAVE BEEN PERFECTED.
Much sTOLA SOLD, AND MA.
CHINERl WILL BE ASSEM-.
BLEED HERE.

nave been In b process of working
out for q month or more under the
efforts Of the Aeroplane 4 Automatic
Balancing Machine Co., Of this city,
there will be demonstrated here An
airship. with . balancing power. the
whole constructed through the inge-
nuity Of George n. Ellis.
A company has been organised IN
der the above title. and Il has been
incorporated uAder the state laws for
the sum Of 4lse.soo. The omcers
Of the company are:
President. A. ". Gaines: vice pree-
ident and general manager, r. Irving
kiser; secretary. ". A. Heimbereer:
treasurer. W. T. Mcconnell: attorney.
Chas. F. Tym; superintendent Of con-
struction. George n. Ellis. The d.
rectors include the above omcers and
IN addition w. &. Turner and DR.. b.
A. Bobb.
Mr.. kiser, the general manager.
who comes from the east and brings
good recommendations, states that be
q made q careful Investigation OF
the proposition. and with his knowl-
edge Of mechanics and his experience
In organizing corporations, he has
decided to take an active part In the
management Of the company. Mr..
Kiser assures those interested that
no efforts will be spared to bring the
plan of the corporation to 4 sue
issue.
Mr.. Ellis has been at work for some
time on the plans of his airship and
device, the latter being
a gyroscope, which has for its part
the balancing Of the airship, which
keep it in a safe position all the
sime 1t Is in the air. He made all the
and complete drawings OF his plans,
they have been sent to the patent de-
at Washington, and he is
fully protected in his work.
AS soon as a little more stock is
sold an experiment will be made with
the machine. Mr.. Kiser states that
order has been placed with eastern
companies for all of the parts of the
machine, except those which will be
here, and when a suf1-
amount of stock has been sold
which will warrant the company in
the work under motion, the
will be ordered by wire.
thirty days after it has been
received here the machine will be
completed and ready to make the
rial flight. A building is to be
on the fair grounds which will
,e used to assemble the machinery
or the airship, the proportions of
which are quite large. The dimen-
ions of the aeroplane are q 1-2
Get wide. AZ 1-2 feet long, and 16
eet high to the top of the main
lane.
The promoters of this enterprise
tate that when the trial flight is
made that an immense crowd Of peo-
lie will come to the city to witness
he same, and further that there is
10 question but what representatives
Il many eastern companies will be
n the ground to witness the fight.
The men who have associated them
elves with the formation Of the COM
any eXpr IS a firm belisf in the sue
ess of the affair, and believe their
Judgment will be yindicated On the
ay that tbs fight is made.
Concerning the machine which MIR.
Ellis has invented he made the fol-
owing statement.
81 first started in to find cut the
cain features of aeronautics and |
ent close tab on the various makes
f machines. noticed the awkward
.ess of the control Of the various ma
cry imperfect. Especially was this
here being so many levers, and foot ,
l.. oSo1c n ut $hav u4r1 oOpf,,c;nD o~d
.ifficult to operate. l found this true
Texas, a few years ago. re-
rial flight of it after it had been
mashed.
'It was at that time hat I started
n to figure out a better and more sim
ie way of control of machines Of
eavisr than air models. At the anne
inc l wanted to embody in the fea-
ure OF control a safe machine. In
hat l believe I have accomplished by
CT oing a control that is handled en-
by a wheel, there being no lev
rs whatever. l also abound that the
machines manufactures In the a
ious places that if the engine stop
ed they would fall and drop imme-
lately. so I provided my machine
With planes that will be automatical-
ly pulled into the form of a para
hute, in case of the engine breaking
r stopping in the air, and that it will
rift to the ground as lightly and east
Y as II the engine were running.
While l claim as the machine in itself
s a whole is an improvement on all
ther makes I claim as the main fea-
IRE of the machine Is fine balancing