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FROM THE ARCHIVEMar 13, 1904·Washington, District of Columbia

HERRING AIR SHIP MODEL EXHIBITED

Scanned from The Washington Times, Mar 13, 1904
HERRING AIR SHIP MODEL EXHIBITED
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SS TI ig wal ry. The Herring Air Ship Model Exhibited at the Sportsmens Show WHY AND HOW IT WAS BUILT By THE INVENTOR athe NAVARA VAS AAAS URSIN PPPS PP NPIS ASST Fhis is the firsk statement. Mr Herring has given for publication. It is from hs own pen and absolutely exclusive Es ei pan Shric Roe vails that the sole essential for A successful flight is an engine of great power combined with ex treme lightness Sigieas of being the main obstacle a light engine is but a minor ne among many other difficulties of far greater importance Success with the flying ma chine necessarily hinges first of all upon safetythat is unless the experimenter is wealthy enough to be able to afford a new helper now and thenand most f us inventorswith only visions of wealthcant you know.

At least can't for 1 operate my own machine By safety. I mean the ability of the machine to preserve its equilibrium either through automatic means or the interference of the operator and to make landings that risk neither life nor limb. That the problem of equilibriu may well present formidable difficulties is easily to be realized when we.

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