Show an air ship tins the new york sun says charles I 1 H I 1 lamson of portland me performed a feat practically demonstrating that a targe large airship or kite capable of carrying a manc man can anbe be floated successfully and stet steadily tilly lie raided his ship with it dummy man on it feet tile the retaining rope broke when the ship hip was at that altitude had it not been tor for tills this break mr air would ha e fiert up tip a man mail to navigate 1 Ms 1 i ship As it wah was wt 11 II eddy of bayonne N J an a authority u on aerial experiments declared that lammons Lani kons act acl K cement was the greatest step toward solving the problem of 0 aerial navigation nal naNi gatlon gation mr lamson built belll life his airship after ll Il argraves general plan but added I 1 improvements I 1 prove ments of fit his own to make it more manageable lit in the enlarged form the passenger by manipulating a lever can keep the airship on an all even keel snake make it rise or fall and direct its course in coming down lateral steering can be accomplished by changing the life weight to lo either side of the center the aerial vessel then turning toward the elde aide where the weight Is greatest each pair of wings Is like that of a bird there arc also ribbed forehand fore and aft and covered so BO that the stream of air can have its full lifting affect following the curve front from front to rear and preventing all shaking or flapping of the abric A heavy windlass loaded with sand bags held the two thousand feet of cord when being operated all that was necessary to launch tile the was to raise its forward end a little and take a short run which causes the kite to mount up in the air like a balloon mr lamson was disappointed at the colla collapse e of the rope but was pleased at the successor Bof the experiment lie sad the performance of my airship sat abri me ine beyond all question that the ship in its present form will always ascend in a fair breeze angwill and will remain flying any length of time under tinder favor able atmospheric conditions that a kite of this size see will and carry a man mail all night and that tile the latter can call regulate the of the kite in the air and descend I 1 do riot not mean that lie can propel lie he kitt tills ren jains to lobe be dIS LOvered but I 1 dinean hint taking ad vantage of the air lie can call guide the airship to a very large extent by means of the gulding guiding lever lie can call reg tilt hit course up or down and by I hanging life hl weights lie can curve to tile the right or left |