The mask slips here, doesn't it? Frank Reade Jr's ELECTRIC TERROR.

The Thundereri is unusual, as Frank's airships go; it doesn't have those huge whirring blades.

Oh, wait - it's not an airship. It's an armored tank of some kind, specially designed to be unable to take sharp corners in rugged terrain. The text makes a point of insisting it's extremely nimble, becuse the front and back wheels can rotate in any direction, but it still looks like something that rolls down the hill and kills everyone inside. Frank never put seat belts on anything.

Bonus: death beam for killing Turkish headchoppers.