Show SAILS IN aall aortal aerial navigation has been ackom pi labod tid and not noli later inter than 1195 you will see go an aa or ship mall mail line between washing ton ion mid eyd ban Frati cisco tho the above rc mark was wait made with earnol conviction by a young 10 ionti ost inventor and philosopher aiom destiny seems to have indicated ON BI alio llio DUB to salvo tha problem which has bottled lets for ti u 0 os o the problem or of galling bulu in the air writer walter A Alor blar a former well knowl tor for lite ills invention and has baa in vented an air ship young mercer la is but 1 l oars oara of anc age und haa giai made a successful trip of nearly forty miles la in the Alt alrose constructed wholly by himself the wits wall mailo made near N Y ibo be ettli ot of last aurum by tho th boy Inver inversion alone unit anil lilt yet the cratt craft wits was seen und a trenton capt r atutoa ta tha day follow ing that thal an illuminated balloon passed over the city boing in ill an aa cail erly direction luto on B inday night lf that illum ilium inard balloons balio ball ou was the carefully con strutted ted ship of this thin young luau corcor when a u boy attracted tho lit at tent lots of president ingalls of the iho big four and title engaged in tho the shot simian 8 of that road nt at ind im lie ho worked out ills ilia first model money to lucli jilin hu ha built biilly a large model in but in secrecy lie ho und tits bis friend went to the iho st john to lu Fjor floridis idis mud aud built another ship on till 1111 improved plan and it with tho the ot of A itous it wua anit ready for trial ono sunday mercer ro re moil to make tha th then enand and loft iob it in of tho the who try inn to make tin excursion worked the iha bugino too lou rapidly and atod broko tho ship walter mercer wits later a member without up ll li callon cation of tho the A maricon B elec tea institute of 41 it was a bright night tho of Ati abut when I 1 rot cot start cd ci kulil p suld ho be abo ship I 1 constructor construct od lu ill a barn la in PH pa a quiet little village nardos noro tho the Uila wore iziver from boiu trenton iron ton I 1 made the start sunday after midnight because I 1 wanted till secrecy crocy gc whon when outside outI iJo the tha alid I 1 got KOkina lit and iid turned on the curlent and the ship ht went weib ur up longloy Lin gloy of the iho institution furnished uw me with jtb a marl marla nors ors com comonia comp nia a barometer rod rind a thermometer to mateo make scata I 1 do not linow to lut just aliat foght ho I 1 was but I 1 two hundred foet feet bartol the timo I 1 crossed tho the jersey mout lows I 1 intended to land ta in the orange mount alris but piloted missed thew I 1 was wai scircy when it came to towering the iho ship for I 1 did not amow what would happen I 1 opened tho the huge bure slik alk parachutes parao but they worked badly I 1 landed with a hard bard bump which scraped tho the ship and tore ort off the I 1 touched ground on the outskirts of 0 a little town not many nilles miles fram Now yo iko after a trip of about thirty emilei I 1 immediately the hip with a canvas anti and had it hauled away tho albatross la is 11 feet tl 0 inches long and a 6 feet eit aldo w aben hen thes two ill all it wing parachutes are open tho phlp la is built of aluminum and ISI pounds and eight ounces it has ha ono one rear propeller pro nellor and tour propellers on top used to levato elevate tho the ship phlp inside there was ou an aluminum olec dec engine or of si 3 initial borao power tho the armature and four motors were cleverly arranged with un an idea of ocono mizing space the light which gave rho to the theory of au aa illuminated balloon wat wai caused by an are arc light shining through the peep holo bola la in the betom mercer marcor stood on the in tho the contra and worked eve every ry tiling allo on a switchboard switch board |