The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-26
AN AIRSHIP
 WHICH FLIES Remarkable Trial of aThc
 ArrOw.' STARTS FROM THE FAIR St. Louis Quits Business and
 Watches Flight. Though Motor Breaks, Daring Aersnsut Continues to Dems.strsts Ills
 Control ef the Cigar
 Shaped Balloon.
STARTS FROM THE FAIR

tuo way Dy US own pOWeI dNQ tAS tE~ mainder of the distance by the wind. which was blowing at the rate of nina or ten miles an hour, the airship of Thomas s. Baldwin of San Franciscos in charge of R. Roy Knabenshue of To- Iedo, Ohio, made an unannounced as- consion from the Aeronautic Place at the Worlds Fair today and landed near Cahokia, ILL. distance of nearly ten miles. after flight that attracted the attention of thousands of persons. who cheered almost continuously as the bis flying machine appeared over the Ex- position grounds. left the residence sec ton of St. Louis far beneath it, and scared high above the towering office buildings of the business district.
 Clinging to the framework of the car. his precarious foothold an iron tube that forms one side of the base of the tri- angular network of supports and ribs of the airship's body, Knabensuhe df- rected the movements of his dying ma chine and moneuvered in circles against the wind. high over the monster ex- hibit palaces of the Exposition. before tho accident to his motor. which rend- cred the big fan-like propellers uses less. curtailed hls command of the air- ship.
 snm Had Control.
 Notwithstanding the breaking of tho motor. Knabenshue did not lose com plete control of the machine. but with tho momentum given by the wind. hs was enabled to steer the machine in . course that varied several points in each direction from the trend of tho wind and landed at point of his own selection.
 There was comparatively small crowd at the aerodrome when the flight began. The appearance of the airship several hundred seet in the air sailing over the Transportation Building caura as a surprise to its sightseers but within ten minutes of It's discovers thousands were watching with hreatn- less interest as the i,an caused tho flS- inE machine to turn t:its wzv and thas at ils will.
 Slowly tn afrship turned. and breast ing the wind. made progress in tho ii- rection from which it had come. Agasa did sthe big cigar-shaped balloon turn at the command of the daring man at it's helm and once moro 1t scared above tbe Exposition buildings near the Cas- cades, where hundreds uf cheering spec tators marked it's flight from the fiaxa St. Louis.
 Tn attempting to mako the second turn. the accident to the motor oc- cured, but almost Instantly Kn4ben- shue gained control of the machine and steered a straight course little east of southeast.
 Flies Over st. Louis.
 Steering his balloon so that he could gain the best speed from the wind. directed its course over the southwestern residence district of St. Louis where it's presence was soon discovered and its progress marked by thousands.
 Passing eastward. The Arrow, the name Baldwin has given his air ship reached the down town district. where it's appearance was the signal for the greatest excitement. Clerks deserted their desks, street cars were stopped and practically all business was sus- pended while the air ship passed over the city.
 Although nearly a mile high Knaben- shue could be seen. occasionally nov ing backward and forward on his dan- gerous standing place. keeping his ship under control and directing it's movements either upward or downward as he desired.
 the Illinois side of the Mississippi river, and having completed his self imposed task. he headed toward caho- kia and brought his air ship gently to the ground about half a mile from that little hamlet.
 Immediately after landing, Knaben- shue stated that in his opinion the trial of the air ship was a distinct success. He said that he could have brought the flying machine to the ground at any time. but that he found he could. to certain extent. control its movement after the motor broke, and as he considered himself in no danger. he decided to continue the flight and demonstrate that even though the motor was broken that Tie Arrow could be controlled.
 One Hour in the Air.
 The flight occupied exactly one hour. The motor broke about 15 minutes af- ter the air ship left the aeronautic courses.
 The air ship was constructed under the personal supervision of Captain in California, and diners in many featIAees from the ships construe- ted in the past, and upon the improve ment Captain Baldwin places his hopes of winning the $10O.000 prize at the fair,
 The gas balloon is clgar-shapped. Of Japanese silk. fifty-four feet in length and seventeen feet in diameter and re- quires s.00O0 cubic feet of gas to in fate 1t. The frame attachment is thirty feet in length.
 It carried a double cylinder seven gasoline engine, makine 2. 600 revoluntions a minute, to drive the propellers. One of the chief new features of the machine is an arange- ment whereby the ship is pulled through the air instead of being push ed
 worlds fair $I0O.000 prize. Captain Baldwin stated. He said it was to com vince the residents of St. Louis and the worlds fair visitors that he had an air. ship that could fly.
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