Show i EDISON MAY SOLVE PROBLEM Wizard Says Balllon Will Not Solve Problem of Aerial Navigation Seattle Wash Thomas A Edison tho Inventor who Is taking a vacation rn tho Pacific coast says that neither tho aeroplane nor the dirigible balloon bal-loon will successfully solve tho question ques-tion of navigating tho air I am firmly convinced said he that tho time Is near at hand when it will bo possible to sail through the nlr ns easily and as safely as we now go by land or by water I have little faith In tho aeroplane or tho balloon as a means of aerial navigation The airship of tho future will be lifted by IL mechanism something like a spiral 3t will have the ability to rise without first giving It forward momentum and It will not Imitate closely the flight of birds With tho helical lifting lift-ing appliance Improved propellers and device for maintaining balance In tho air tho future airship will fly Into the teeth of the wind I will rise to heights whore favorable currents may bo found or skim tho surface of tho earth Yes navigation of tho air will surely come It Is simply a question ques-tion of applying mechanical knowledge knowl-edge In n now way |