THE BLACK HILLS UNION — MAY 27, 1898
For Air, Land and Water.
Charles A. Kunzel, an inventor living at 260 Eleventh street, Hoboken, N. J., has completed the working plans of an airship peculiarly adapted to war purposes and a model of which he is willing to submit to the United States government for inspection.
Mr. Kunzel thinks that the bird ship would be very serviceable in the event of war. It is 150 feet long and 50 feet in diameter. Above it is attached horizontally an egg-shaped balloon of the same dimensions, capable of holding 295,000 cubic feet of gas, which is manufactured from coal oil by an apparatus in the ship.
The ship is made of aluminum and Is enclosed. Mr. Kunzel says it will float in water and wheels attached to its bottom can be operated for traveling on land. He asserts it is capable of holding five men besides an extra weight of from 1,200 to 1,300 pounds. Its entire weight is 9,500 pounds. The cost of constructing it was $50,000.
—New York Herald.
From—The Black Hills Union. (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]), 27 May 1898. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
