A DUNEDIN AIRSHIP.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 244, 12 October 1907, Page 6

A DUNEDIN AIRSHIP.

<By Telegraph.—Press Assertion.) DUNEDIN, Friday. Mr. L. "Warsaw, merchant tailor, of this city has invented an airship, the principle of which, it is claimed, is entirely new. The inventor says the lifting of the machine is done by means of four balloons joined to a central mast, making them all as one compact body, and that once the ship rise* to a sufficient height two wings or gliders attached to the apparatus will act in the same capacity as a parachute, which is to say, there will be sufficient air pressure beneath them to act almost independently of artificial lifting powers, and should any accident occur there is no probability of the apparatus coming to grief. The gliders are joined by universal joining, and rest upon the air chambers, and thus become self-acting. Under any current o' air or adverse winds their action would resemble tnat of a bird on the wing. A rear shaft is adjusted on a similar principle, and should a gust of wind strike the front of the apparatus the adjustment of the rear shaft would have a counteracting influence and steady the machine. Driving power is obtained by means of four propellers, two on each side, acting independently of each other and driven by two small motor engines, one at each end of the machine. In turning, .either or both can be used, and this in itself will act as steering gear. The invention will be placed before the Kew Zealand Government, and if deemed worthy of consideration will be submitted to the Imperial Government.