Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Latest in Airships. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Latest in Airships.

Even airships grow in the delightful Himate of the Golden State, in proof of which one is shown below. From the Inventor’s statements he seems to have faith that airships can be raised there, too, even when loaded with passengers and freight, for which he makes provision in the plan of the ship. The upper portion of the machine comprises a gas-containing chamber, which acts as a sort of balloon to support a portion of the weight. The

main lifting power, however, is obtained from the four propeller wheels secured to the under side of the ship. These wheels are driven by a motor, and by means of an arrangement of gears can be kept in motion when tilted in any direction, this changing the angle of the propellers being necessary to aid the ship in rising or descending and in passing through the air from one place to another. To rise vertically the wheels are tilted into a horizontal position, and their lifting force, together with that of the gas above, will cause the machine to asoend. By tilting the rudders at the desired angle and resetting the propellers the machine is made to travel along in the air, and to bring it to earth the wheels are made to revolve more slowly, until the weight of the ship overbalances the power exerted. — ‘ Ehr.

SAILING ABOVE THE CLOUDS.