Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1919 — “Aerocruiser,” Latest in Aircraft [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“Aerocruiser,” Latest in Aircraft

Feat MmUm to Be BuOt WB Be 550 Fee* Losg.,l 10 Feet Wide end 90 Feet High.

The “ae roc rule er," an airship of radical construction, is the invention of Thomas M. Finley of St. Louis. As this photograph of the model shows, the ship Is a dirigible shaped like an Inverted letter “U.” The gas bag Is made In ten compartments and is expected to have a lifting capacity of 70 tons. The first machine to be built will be 550 feet long, 110 feet wide and 90 feet high. The propulsive force will be four 700-horsepower engines and the estimated speed of the craft will be more than 100 miles per hour. The system of gas control will allow the operator to increase or decrease the buoyancy of the ship at will.