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Show EDISON MAY SOLVE PROBLEM Wizard Says Balllon Will Not Solve Problem of Aerial Navigation. Seattle, Wash. Thomas A. Rdlson, the Inventor, who Is taking a vacation cn the Paclllc coast, says that neither the aeroplane nor tho dlrlglblo balloon bal-loon will successfully solvo tho question ques-tion of nnvlgatlng tho air. "I am (Irmly convinced." said ho, "that the time Is near at hand when It will ho possible to snll through tho nlr as easily and as safoly ns wo now go by lnnd or by water. I have llttlo lalth In the neroplano or tho balloon ns a means of ncrlnl navigation. Tho airship of the futuro will bo lifted by u mechanism something llko a spiral. It will havo tho ability to rlso without first giving It forward momentum, nnd It will not Imitate closely tho flight of birds. With tho helical lifting lift-ing nppllance, Improved propollors nnd device for maintaining balance In tho air. the futuro nlrshlp will fly Into tho teeth of tho wind, will rlso to heights whero fnvorable currents may lie found, or skim the surfneo of tho earth. Yes, navigation of tho nlr will surely come. It Is simply n question ques-tion of applying mechanical knowledge knowl-edge In n new way." |