The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-25
AMONG THE CLOUDS.
The Successful Flight of an Air ShiI
5000 Feet Above the Surface.

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5000 Feet Above the Surface.
From the Pittsb,Gr9 Dispatch.
BUFFALO, July 1S.-After 80 years of
hard work and Indifferent success Prof. P.
G. Campbell, the air ship builder, has made
his invention work. He has constructed
several different stylesssof air ships, but
heretofore they have all been failures
Las Fourth of July the professor was adj
vertised to make an ascension and large
! crowd was present to witness the novel
spectacle, but after considerable trouble
| and loss of time the announcement was
| made that the ship would not sail, but upon
the following day the flight would surely
take place.
A goodly number of people were present
the next day. The novelty of seeing man
sailing here ami there through the air was
one not to be witnessed every day, but the
| second trial was a repetition of the precei-
ing one, and the people were disguised as
well as disappointed. Last Saturday a third
attempt was made, but it was again as IN
| successful as before. The balloon portion
of the ship would not fill with gas suffi-
GENTLY to carry the car. 1t rose in the air
about six feet and then came down and
stayed down. The crowd yelled "fake' I'd
laughed at the professor, but this did not
discourage him, for he was more than ever
| NSSSA AAiuOo w Soi OOO OhO pa
of his idea.
SUCCESS AT LAST.
| Yesterday another attempt was made to
sail, and in order to escape the unpleasant
remarks of spectators, should the venture
prove further failure, the professor did
not make his intentions known. The balloon
was fully Inflated on this occasion and at
AIS o'clock rose gracefully into the air and
! quickly reached an altitude of 8 600 feet. A
number of spectators, who happened to be
present, watched the proceedings with
breathless interest.
The ship went straight up, and after
reaching hight of 1000 feet it began to
| move southwark. In a short time it sheered
to the southeast and then turned completely
| around and ran against the wind. Pres
emily the ship began to lower and at
o'clock p. m. gently landed on farm about
five miles from the city. The farmer upon
whose field the vessel landed. wanted dam
ages for spelling his grass, but he was
finally prevailed upon to take the ship to
| the nearest railway station for IS.
A correspondent saw Mr.. Campbell this
| evening when the professor said: at was
a complete success, and / am proud of my
| achievement. left the ground at precisely
Ais o'clock, and when the ship had carried
me up to hight of about 5000 feet l began
to work
THE FORWARD PROPELLER.
to send the ship ahead. Then | worked the
rear propeller TO turn the ship about and
she minded the helm in easy style. / en-
Joyed the scenery so much that | stayed up
longer than | had intended to, and it was
. O'Clock before began to work Tie under
propeller to bring the ship down. This was
done successfully and without wasting
particle of gas picked out a nice clean
field, threw out my anchor and hung on,
and the LANDING ba
After reaching the ground let the gas es-
cape, and a farmer came to my assistance. ~
The professor saws he likes flying, and that
he Is going TO take trip to Trenton, n. j.,
In short time. He will sail again on Sat
urday, and will be connected to the earth
by telephone, so that the people below can
converse with him while in the air.