Show Fort Douglas Soldier Invents all au Airship 4 J j lt 1 t t 4 1 1 i 1 I z zI I Geore George Strohbach and Hs His Monoplane frt first airshIp wi will ll he ea eady y for fora a ti tilt with hIgher Curr currents within a few tew weeks and jf if everything goes well George Stroh an of corn com company Pliny pany E Fifteenth Unit States tr try at Fort Douglas wU will he be saing sailing over the skyline ot of Salt Lake in a mono monoplane plane plan of his own invention and con Mr Ir ha D neon vork o ohis on lila his monoplane for eight month and andaU andall aU all that remains II hi to box the and connect i It with tie the engine a little four horsepower r affair that Is fed by gasoline He enlisted in Iii the army f ff teen months igo 10 because he speak English i faIling that deprived him or of a job as mechanic He had or rived from Germany German skied skilled as a me mechanic five months before When hen lie he came to Fort lie he on his monoplane amI 1 it I nearly at th the jt ot Im hmo have the progress of the work have encouraged aged the young oung Fenton cuton anil he belee believes I that lila his fortune z i made wIh with this nc new type of flying Hing le He has hns hall had no training In the building of airships aIrship hut but devIsed hiI his ship and aud wi will vie ie wih with tile the element in an endeavor t t saU sali the skie skies The officers shar share the of the inventor in the of th the I If other others can do I it then I cn can said Mid and amI he wont went to work worl monoplane Is I a machine Is Its frame Is eighteen ft feet long bug and amI two feet wl wide e eIt It Its front wIngs are eleven eleen feet reet long and andUle the Ule back bael wIngs are eight feet long A Apr pr ler operated b by a four horse gasoline engine is five feet long Benet this framework are thre three wheels two at the front and one at the rr rear which wi vill aid in getting a start as wel as protect the machine in land landing lug ing The framework mainly of bamboo the sails ar are ot of canvas With the driver at the driver be beIng belag lag Ing the inventor Mr Stroh bach the entre entire weight wU will be pounds The Inventor says that his machine wi will attain a sped speed of mies miles an hour and he has no doubt at al all but what I it wi will when perfected go faster than mies miles an hour Thile working on the machine the Inventor is constanty constantly gaining new Ideas idea and while he does not use th the devices or princIples pbs ples of other machines he Is construct constructing ing a monoplane that would do o credit to an Inventor of long stan standing When he completes the machine he wi will apply appl for a patent and wi will i if I it is as sue SUC SUCcessful as he thinks i It wi vill be go into the business on a big scale This ma machine machine chine is or of course merely a model Ind and monoplanes ma may be constructed upon the same principle to an any size in con conformity with the weight that is to be tarried Mr Strohbach who has hus spent many manya a long night and spare moments of many days wih with his machine says i it Is the first monoplane built I in the United States Biplanes have been constructed in this countr country he says but no mono monoplanes monoplanes planes A monoplane Is a machine that crie carries wings on only one level narl the wings are arc constructed of sik silk which give gives the same strength wih with less weight but light canvas was used by Strohbach beuse because of economy econom which Is an essential factor in the construction of his machine completed the machine wi will represent an Investment of several hun hundred deed dred dollars Officers and others at Fort keen Douglas Interest are awaiting the trial test wih with I |