Engraving depicting Henry Badgley's air-ship. A novel machine intended for aerial navigation, invented by Mr. Henry Badgley, of Fairfax Court House, Va. The boat carries a motor, and has at opposite ends propeller wheels for moving it either backward or forward. A portion of the shaft is flexible, so that the rear propeller wheel may be turned in a horizontal plane for the purpose of steering. Dated 19th Century.