Solomon Andrews (February 15, 1806 – October 17, 1872) was a doctor, aviator and dirigible airship inventor. [1] . Andrews invented an airship called Aereon which received some notice in the 1860s. He claimed to sail it as one would a sailboat. [2] .

The AEREON III was an experimental hybrid airship of rigid construction built by the AEREON Corporation in the early 1960s. Of unconventional design, the airship featured three gas envelopes attached side-by-side, with the connecting structures shaped as airfoils to create extra lift as the craft moved forward.

This 1864 lithograph shows Dr. Solomon Andrews airship, The Aereon, as it cruised on a famous trip of 30 miles in 14 and half minutes.Solomon Andrews built his first "Aereon" that flew over Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on June 1, 1863. Andrew's airship had three 80-foot cigar-shaped balloons, with a rudder and gondola.

2011年3月12日 · Andrews invented an airship called Aereon which received some notice in the 1860s. He claimed to sail it as one would a sailboat. His first "Aereon" flew over Perth Amboy on June 1, 1863. This had three 80-foot cigar-shaped balloons, with a rudder and gondola. Buoyancy was controlled by jettisoning sand ballast or releasing hydrogen lift gas. Dr.

Solomon Andrews (February 15, 1806 - October 17, 1872) was an American physician, politician, and inventor, recognised for his pioneering contributions to balloon aviation as the designer of the first self-propelled, steerable dirigible airship, the Aereon, which he first flew on June 1, 1863 over Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Andrews first flew Aereon over Perth Amboy, NJ on 1 June 1863 and flew at least three times more. With Aereon, he demonstrated the ability to fly in any direction, including against the wind, make broad 360 degree turns, and navigate back to and land at his starting point. Aereon’s gondola could carry the pilot and three passengers.

Solomon Andrews' 1863 airship Aereon, which was a three-hulled craft, also built in New Jersey, that propelled itself without an engine by alternately becoming positively or negatively buoyant to generate forward thrust while porpoising through the air. Andrews' second variable buoyancy propulsion airship was the single-hull Aereon II.

1863 — Aereon. Solomon Andrews flies his "Aereon", one of the first dirigible airships in the United States. 1872 — Dupuy de Lome. French naval architect Dupuy de Lome launches a large navigable balloon, driven by a propeller turned by eight men. 1883 — First Electric-Powered Flight

[Dr. Solomon Andrew's airship "Aereon," in which he proposes ot cross ocean during Civil War, 1863] Created / Published [between 1906 and 1916]

1863 Solomon Andrews flew his airship Aereon made the first of three flights over Perth Amboy, New Jersey. This was the first dirigible airship in history. The airship consisted of three cigar-shaped bags (80 feet [24.4 m] long, 13 feet [4 m] in diameter) which were bound together forming an inclined plane.