THE DESERET EVENING NEWS — SEPTEMBER 22, 1882
The latest form of flying machine to present itself for popular acceptance is that shown in this illustration. It is the invention of a young Englishman Mr. G. L. O. Davidson. It is one thing, of course, to design a hypothetical “filer,” and quite another to make it work. Therefore, some fatal defects may yet be detected in this invention.
The theory of propulsion is different from that ordinarily put forth, as this machine does not gain its impetus from a rearward thrust, like a steamship or the propeller pushed aerial navigators, but depends upon two vast umbrellalike structures on each side, which “grip” the air and lift as they are revolved by the engines situated low down in the body of the car. The speed imparted will increase so long as the angle of the “lift” is kept forward of the vertical, the designer claims, and this angle, although it may be altered at will, is maintained automatically.
The car is fitted with saloons and other accommodations for passengers, and, according to the inventor “If properly constructed cannot be overturned, and will be the safest, swiftest and most pleasant means of traveling the world has yet experienced.” But he admits there is that annoying “if.”
From— Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]), 22 Sept. 1900. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
