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course, I can keep it on a straight
course with both propellers
revolving as long as I like. To
ascend or descend, I set in motion
the two propellers fixed
horizontally to the framework.
The complicated structure in the
middle of the frame is the
wireless receiver and controller,
and at the end of the frame are the
accumulators. The frame is fitted
with tiny electric light bulbs. By
pressing another key I can light
up the airship”.
The photograph below illustrated
the article and purports to show
the inventor sanding next to the
airship, and the aviator Mr.
Claude Grahame-White with his
hands on the transmitter.
If the photograph does in fact
show the airship described in the
text, there is no sign of the
receiving apparatus on the keel, or
any of the propellers.
There is a sign on the side of the
envelope, but only the word
‘airship’ is fully legible. However
the other words are very likely to
be ‘Raymond Phillips’.