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This file courteously shared with KeelyNet through the research
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efforts of Pete Navarro and Jimmy Ward.
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If you might wish to correspond directly with Jimmy or Pete, you may
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do so at the following address:
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Jimmy Ward
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1511 Summer St.
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NYMZA Aeros - The Airships of the 1850's
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Have you heard of Schultz' Hydrowhir Auto, also known as the "Cripel
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Wagon"? If not, perhaps you have heard or read somewhere about
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Peter Mennis' "Aero Goosey"? How about Schoetler's "Aero Dora",
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which was built in 1858 and was destroyed in a fire which consumed
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the town of Columbia, California that same year? Chances are you
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never heard or read about any of the above or the many other
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"Aeros', or aircraft that were designed and actually built and flown
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by members of the Sonora Aero Club around the middle of the last
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century in California.
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These aircraft were navigable airships, designed and built at a time
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when the only means of flight was the aerial balloon, which lacked
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maneuverability and was subject to the whims of the wind.
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According to C.A.A. Dellschau, a member of the Sonora Aero Club who
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kept a secret record of all their activities and experiments which
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they carried out in the vicinity of Sonora and Columbia, California
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during the years 1850 to 1858, several of their airship designs were
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built and flight-tested in the area which is now an airfield just
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outside of the town of Columbia. It is conceivable that these
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aircraft may have flown over the region as far as the giant redwoods
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area of California for Dellschau states that one of their airships
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became accidentally entangled in the branches of a giant California
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redwood, resulting in the death of its pilot, who fell from the Aero
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and broke his neck.
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Dellschau referred to this aircraft model as a "flying trap",
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perhaps because it contained a device that was hung underneath the
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carriage of the airship and served as a "ballancier". However, this
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device was dangerous, as it could easily get caught upon any tall
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tree or obstacle close to the ground.
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It is very possible that these aircraft were the progenitors of the
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Mystery Airships that were observed flying over Oakland and other
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points in California and in the Southwestern part of the country in
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the 1890's.
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What leads me to believe that there was connection between these
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aeros and the Mystery Airships is the fact that, although Dellschau
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was an avid collector of news stories dealing with airships or
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anything aeronautical; not ONE item concerning the Mystery Airship
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sightings is to be found among his collection. Cout it be that he
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was reluctant to show any connection because of the fear of
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divulging matters of secret trust?
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In one of his books the name WILSON is mentioned, and alludes to
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Wilson and his CREW. Anyone who has read of the stories that
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appeared in the newspapers of the 1890's is probably well acquainted
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with this name, for it is the name of the pilot of one of these
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Mystery Airships, and it is very possible that Dellschau was
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acquainted with him and his crew. But why all the secrecy?
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It may be said here that members of the Sonora Aero Club were also
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adjoined to a secret organization or society known only by the
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initials N-Y-M-Z-A, which oversaw the workings of all its junior
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members. They were all subject to strict obedience of the rules
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imposed by this Secret Society and the divulging of its secret
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operations was not permitted. It was for this very reason that
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Dellschau kept all this to himself and eventually, when he finally
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decided to write about it he did it secretly, and this in code and
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in cryptograms and symbols, which only those with the patience and
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willingness to spend time in deciphering his writings would be able
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to read it and know what had been accomplished by them.
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Vangard note..
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Strangely enough, I (Jerry) know a lady technical representative
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who is based out of Hollywood, Florida. In December of 1991, I
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was telling her about the Aeros and the mysterious substance
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known as N.B. or "float" gas. She was much interested and told
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me that her late grandfather was a member of some super-secret
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group which had secret meetings and seemed to have contacts
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overseas.
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She said that as a little girl, she had lived with her
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grandfather for one summer. He had a huge library with all
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sorts of strange books, some in a code type of language. She
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was not allowed entry into the library or certain rooms of the
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house.
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When asking her father about what her grandfather was involved
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with, he told her that his father was a member of what he
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claimed was a very secret and very ancient group. This group
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was several hundred years ahead of mankind and members were
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sworn to secrecy under threat of death.
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The lady also told me that when her grandfather died, men showed
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up at his house with signed papers giving them the right to
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remove whatever they felt was necessary. The men took the
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majority of his library and all his private papers. They also
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took what was in the rooms she was forbidden to enter as a
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child.
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Her father was also forbidden to pursue the matter although he
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also spied on his father when he was young. The mysterious men
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also collected the majority of the grandfather's inheritance
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which was bequeathed to the group. This might possibly give us
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a clue since there must be records as to WHO received the
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inheritance, either a person or a group. That in turn would
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give us a further name to look into.
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The grandfather was a strict vegetarian and had very precise and
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detailed habits which he believed had allowed him to live to his
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ripe 70's, yet he looked like a man in his late 40's. She also
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said he would walk in the grass early every morning and said
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that the dew was very beneficial to life.
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I have asked her for specific names and any other information
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she could gather relating to her grandfather, specifically a
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newspaper article she was sent about 2 years ago. She promised
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to find it and make me a copy. This could lead to something if
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such a group exists in fact.
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I asked her if the group might have been either Rosicrucian or
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of a magical nature and she said, no, that it was very
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scientific and dealt heavily with music. Her grandfather owned
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and operated a school of music in which he got heavily involved
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after joining the group. Prior to that, music was not his means
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of income.
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Also, as to the name NYMZA, Jimmy and Pete say that these German
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immigrants might have used either German or a combination of
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German and English. Since they were based in the East, it would
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follow that NY would equal New York, M could equal Mechanical, Z
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could very well equal the German word Zephyr (meaning wind from
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the west), and A could mean Association.
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So we have the term, New York Mechanical Zephyr Association, or
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NYMZA, indicating mechanical flying devices from the west, as
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would be seen through a European (eastern) viewpoint. Just an
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attempt to derive a logical name, might be incorrect.
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The tragic case of Jacob Mischer and his Aero will serve to point to
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the severity with which the rules of this secret society known as
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NYMZA were enforced.
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Jacob Mischer was the designer and builder of a rather large, or
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medium-sized aircraft which was called the "Aero Flyerless Gander".
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This airship was flown on a hundred mile trip and was successfully
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landed on land and on water, for it had wheels as well as pontoons.
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Jacob Mischer, however, met a most unfortunate end, for he became
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greedy and desired to make a profit from his invention, intending to
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use it for hauling material and equipment for the miners in the
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area. This was looked upon by the headmasters of the secret society
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as being strictly against the rules and, one way or another, Jacob
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Mischer ended up dead when his ship was destroyed in a blinding
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aerial explosion. Dellschau alludes to this incident as something
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that was deliberate and NOT accidental.
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The most successful of their aircraft, and probably the first to be
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flown was Peter Mennis' "Aero Goosey", which was built in 1857 and
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set the precendent for all subsequent Aero designs and, although
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modifications were gradually added to new Aero designs, the Aero
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Goosey continued to be flown as originally designed with only minor
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changes and was the aircraft favored mostly by Peter Mennis for
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short flights.
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Peter Mennis ranged far and wide on several occasions, but he was
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able to land and use his Aero as a place to spend the night, for it
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was equipped with a canvas conver which served as a tent.
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The original "Aero Goosey" was a small craft with a basket-type
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affair in which the pilot and passengers sat at the bow and stern
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ends of the airship. It carried a liquid fuel container in the
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center of the craft and a gas converter under the seats. Attached
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to the center pole was the air-pressure motor which was used to
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propel the airship, and two gas bags were on the sides. It was a
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very simply designed airship, and, despite all modifications and
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improvements that were made upon this original model and its "motor"
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design, the mode of operation and function of its internal workings
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remained basically the same in all subsequent models with the
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exception of size and appearance and the addition of useful
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conveniences such as galleys, toilets, beds, tables, and other
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gimcracks of one kind or another.
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Louis Caro, another member of the Sonora Aero Club expressed it very
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well when he said that he and his colleagues agreed on one thing;
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and that was the fact that they all longed for an airship design
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which would have all the features of the Aero Goosey, but be larger
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and yet be safe. Several very large models were designed toward
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this end and proposed but were never built. There were, however,
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several medium-sized models which were actually built, and flown.
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One of these was the "Aero Dora", which was another of the most
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favorable designs. This Aero was first envisioned by Ernest Kraus
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and was later elaborated upon by several other members of the club
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who were very pleased with its appearance and function and used it
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as a basis upon which to apply their own ideas.
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The Aero Dora was equipped with a "sucker-kicker", which was a
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device for compressing air and operated very much like a JET for
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propulsion. Yes, several of these Aeros had devices that were years
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ahead of their times, and included up to date contrivances such as
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retractable landing gear, shock absorbers, gas converters, spot-
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lights, and many other novel ideas for their time, for one must take
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into consideration that these were entirely new concepts, or
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designs, with absolutely no precendent to go by, and it is for this
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reason that some of the aircraft look so fantastically monstrous and
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absolutely unfeasable as aeronautical machines. In other words,
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none of them look like they could even BEGIN to get off the ground,
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much less fly!
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This was no problem for them though, for they possessed a formula
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for producing a SPECIAL GAS, called "NB" gas, which was capable of
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lifting the most ponderous construction with a minimum of gas. The
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gas was produced on board the aircraft and carried in one or several
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gas bags on top or on the sides of the airship. Marthin Karo, one
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of the members of the Club and inventor of a "hood" for carrying
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excess gas referred to this lifting agent as "FLOAT", which is a
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good description of its function.
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George Newell was the inventor of a "gas motor" called "VOLTA" which
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produced the "Lift Power" used on most of the airships. This was a
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modified version of earlier gas motor designs or "converters" which
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were used in earlier Aero models.
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As for the Cripel Wagon...this was actually a wheeled land vehicle
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designed in 1837 by Friderich Schultz but was adapted in 1857 for
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use as an airship by August Schoetler with the addition of gas bags
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and "air squeezers" which made the vehicle airborne, converting it
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into an airship with hydrowheels (wheels with water inside instead
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of air). "Air squeezers" were similar to "sucker kickers" and
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consisted of a tube through which air was compressed and ejected
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(similar to a jet engine).
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The "Aero Buster" was an airship that was built but never flown. It
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was designed and built by Max Miser and was equipped with a
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parachute-like device. Before it was completed Max Miser remarked
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that if his Aero ever got off the ground he would not want anybody
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going up in it but him. "I am enough to break my neck", he said.
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The Aero was completed except for the installation of the power
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chamber and the fuel which only Peter Mennis could provide, since he
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was the only one who knew the secret formula for producing it.
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However, for some unkown reason, Peter Mennis refused to provide the
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fuel or help Miser with the construction of the gas producing
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chamber and consequently this aircraft was never able to get off the
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ground. Many years later (in 1912) Dellschau would reminisce about
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this incident and would remark on whether gasoline would have
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"filled the bill" and would have made it possible for this airship
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to fly. Of course, gasoline had not been discovered yet.
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Of the more than one hundred airship designs in Dellschau's books
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probably not more than eight or ten were actually built and flown.
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And they were a howling success!
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Why they didn't announce it to the world and reap their share of
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profits and fame from their efforts is strange indeed. Could it be
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that they were only conducting tests for others to follow? It is
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only too clear that NYMZA was a very strict organization and that
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any member who disregarded the rules of this secret society usually
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PAID WITH HIS LIFE.
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Dellschau faced the same threat to his life and it is believed that
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he may have died a violent death, although this is strictly
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conjecture. The fact is that Dellschau died in the year 1923 at the
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age of 93 and was buried in Washington Cemetery in Houston, Texas.
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He left behind a dozen large volumes in which he told many things
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about their activities in California, but he never would say WHAT
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NYMZA WAS, nor what the initials stood for, except to say that it
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was work being done FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. Thus NYMZA remains a
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mystery to all except to those who may read this and KNOW its
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significance, for there may still be members of this society who
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will continue to keep their vows of secrecy and may still be working
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on yet other clandestine projects. You may very well ask; What
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experiments could they (the present members of NYMZA) be engaged in
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today? The spaceships of the 1990's? Who Knows?
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P. G. Navarro
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as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the
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