Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — An Airship. [ARTICLE]

An Airship.

A. J. Cooley, an inventor, of Hornellsville, N. Y., says he has successfully completed an air ship which will carry one person. It Is about ten feet in length, with two pairs of wings, each pair having a spread of twelve feet Placed between the two pairs of wings is a large hollow box, on one end of which the pilot-house for the occupant will be built The front pair of wings is stationary. Mr. Cooley’s Idea is that his machine will sail like a hawk or an albatross that has been thrown on the air. Having been once stretched, it will skim along on a certain plane, and may be either raised, lowered or turned entirely around by the movement of the rear pair of wind beaters. A public demonstration of the invention will soon be given, after which it will be placed on exhibition to raise money enough to build a larger machine.