| Show AUt Chicago News Speculation upon tho the possibility of constructing an on airship which could cross the Atlantic from Havre to Now New NewYork York as ns M U San tOil Dumont predicts may bo be dune dunt Is obviously premature nt at this time Dut the stronger ronger mid ond larger balloons are to be made upon model mo el will wll be watched d with keen Interest Inter st Taking tho the recent relent performance In Paris PAils as proof that an airship can bo be hi made to ascend descend and follow olov a given di dl direction nt at the will of the navigator the problems of practical detail in the he heway way of making a truly practicable ncr aerial ial ml vessel e 1 have lIao yet to bo be solved soheIl Even Fen should hould It be impossible to air airship ship shIl of commercial utility the possibilities of Its It u use pC c In time of 0 war are ar by b no means mean to be Je e Ignored Chicago n A cylinder of ot air that Is big enough to lift any nn sort of ot steering apparatus together with the weight weighs of one roan man must roust be of such lIuch great grent bulk as 1111 to pre Ime p elude all possibility 1 of lit successful nul nan gatlon gation of ot the air fUr under und r conditions condition Even Een the slight aught breezes en encountered encountered encountered countered by SAntos Dumont In his hIli ex cx nt Rt Paris Pari had a 1 perceptible effect upon his hili balloon If It the content eonta had taken place In Chicago or any anywhere anywhere where In the vicinity of Lake It would not have line been no possible to boll hoU the machine to any fixed A machine that Is h light enough to rs riar and float nOlt Is 18 light Hunt lI hl to tl be bo buffeted about in perilous fashion by b the most ordinary wind Ind in spite of ot It Its III dimInutive steering end and propping propelling apparatus New X York rork World This matter of or wind velocity U is I Im Important Important Air lr Ir U I th the Aeronauts ele dr element ment MR hl hi ship hip must lit b th the Yankee Mn can n drive aR in t n a wind up to IS 18 or Ot W 20 0 mile an nn hour which Is nOO the average force toree H JI lie has baa m fairweather breezes breeze In a n steady Heady brisk wind wim m nr n a qUill such at et sometimes c cm comi mi sod Iud denly on a s fair day he would be help less tess But Dut even een with lib this limitation what n it vIctory victor the plucky pluck j 4 lisa has won whether tt r the Afro club admit admits I It or not noU The n has hal greater t airshIp U in I tho th lifting power bu but but the tho device yet yel Invented tor for human only headway tl at dan make snake against oven tho the slightest zephyr |
