CONQUEST OF THE AIR.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 23 May 1922, Page 5

CONQUEST OF THE AIR.

TQ NEW YORK IN 18 HOURS. '•"th air transport and ‘ war in the air” , be revolutionised l.v an airship to Mt in Italy. 3 the invention of Signor Vaugean. of using gas that is lighter than make his airship rise, he creates 'acnnm, by means of pumps, inside which consequently becomes / er than air. The journey from Lon- “ t» New York could be covered in Ween hours with one of these new udens. ■ f| entists have been working on these for m an y years, but a ] wa ys, when has seemed near at hand, their ' s have collapsed owing to the enorl,s pressure of the atmosphere. This with a perfect vacuum, to 151 b e square inch, on the outside of the P- '' nw N augean claims to have over- ” this difficulty by building his air- ■’ 1,1 three sections, one inside the !he space between the outside - airship and the first interior hull Ousted of a certain portion of its nex£ space is still more exd, while in the centre compartment ship the vacuum is made as perfect Mihte. means the pressure of the outatmosphere is distributed over * surfaces, and is reduced to lees p er square inch on a-nv portion ship. engines, each of 300 h.p., and heavy oil, reduce the risk of ’M* U P to 215 miles an hour will, nv cntor claims, be possible, especi'’hen the airship rises into rarefied here and the pressure is reduced.