Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-19

the gas bag my he filled. Further.
more. II will drive a pump counter
shaft with which any one OF the large
engines may he started.
Substitute for the Eauilibrator.
i III we can only keep down" said
Mr. Nanman in recent interview.
Our problem will he solved" Il Is
IN easy matter to design an airship 10
! lift the necessary weight 10 enable
one to cross the Atlantic. The diff
Guilty is tn maintain the airship at u
II constant moderate elevation n s,ve the
wa'cr. The cquilibrator pei folmed
this Office. last .scar. This year Mr.
Vaniman expects to control the height
Of the airship mainly by taking on
water ballast, and also by usi stab
liking planes fore ana aft. In case
of emergency the olcvating and de-
pressing engines can be used.
ITO scoop up water ballast, II will
he necessary to drive the balloon
down near the level of the sea, which
the adjustable propcllcrs to the pro.
per angle. The device with which the
water ballast will be taken up II SINH
lar to the equlibrator used last year.
may be done by fitting either pair of
IL consists of tanks about inches
in diameter and - inches long. strung
uUOn cables exactly as we're the gaso-
| line tanks of the eIuiltbrator. These
water ballast tanks will he provided
with openings near the upper end Of
each, so that by dragging them in the
sea they may scoop up water.
at is planned to maintain the air
/ "a nj hptu
and 1000 feet at the outset of the
voyage. but as the airshiI Is light
ened by the consumption of gasoline
aud the provisions. the airship may
Use to much greater heights. During
the daytime it will have to he heavily
water-ballasled in order to hold il
Town when the gas in the balloon Is
expanded by the heat of the sun. Al
night this ballast will be- poured out
TO compensate for the contraction and
consequent reduced lifting capacity of
The balloon.
| Suspended below the car will be
The liicbodt in which the crew of the
America" made their escape. This
will be materially changed to faciiI-
tate launching and for the comfort
Of the crew. In this boat the wireless
telegraph apparatus will be stored. A
much more powerful equipment will
be provided this year with range
OF 800 miles. so that there will be
little difficulty in keeping In touch
with vessels along the course.
, The Crew.
, THE crew of this expedition will
consist of the commander. navigator
, | hnllnt ma tpi I'm
two engineers TO keep constant watch
' ever the engines, and one extra man
for general work.
Provisions will be carried for a
cruise of twenty days. An ingenious
. cooking stove has been provided
b. Last year. when at the close of the
T. iirst day 1t began to grow dark. Mr.
Nanniman was astonished to find that
Y The exhaust pipe Of his engine was
i red hot and expelllng streams O
Q sparks that we're invisible by day
o This year he has made cook-stovt
@ on the exhaust, and will utilize the
:. heat for cooking.
= On the Wings OF Storm.
" The construction OF the airship il
: proceeding very rapidly, and viii
= probably he completed by the end o
Il his month. Thereafter two or three
/ trial trips Will he made, and then
r. when weather conditions are favor
= able, the expedition will be launched
= Mr.. Vaniman expects to make goo,
= use of the storms that travel across
c The Atlantic to carry him over.
= VIII be recalled that last year storm
L was encountered which carried tn
n airship along at such speed that
had to drlft broadside to the wind
J. owing to the drag of the equilibratoI
THIS storm. with the aid of the mo
: Tors TOOK the airshlp to point nea
= Nova SCOTIA but then vanished. an