The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-26
HAS AN AIRSHIP
THAT WILL SAIL
THE WORK OF THE ARROW
SUCH AS TO SECURE CoMMENDA-
TION AT ST. LOUIS.

AirShip Made n Flight of Ten Miles.
cisco and Operated by Knaben-
shue OF TOIedO-But for an Acct
dent to the Motor the Trial would
Have Been Even More Sntiufac-
tory,
st. Louis, Oct. 25.--Propelled part of
the way by its own power and the re-
mainder of the distance by the wind,
which was blowing at ten miles an
hour, The Arrow, an airship owned
and perfected by Thomas S. Baldwin
of San Francisco, in charge of A. Roy
Knabenshue of Toledo. to-day was an
unannounced flight of ten miles from
the Worlds Fair grounds over
st. Louis and across the Mississippi
river to Cahokia, Ill.
The aerial performance attracted the
attention of thousands of persons who
cheered almost continuously as the
big flying machine passed over the
exposition grounds and scared high
above the high buildings of the busi-
ness quarter of st. Louis.
Clinging to the framework of the
car, his precarious foothold an iron
tube that forms one side of the base
of the triangular network Of supports
and ribs of The Arrows body,
Knabenshue directed the movements
of the flying machine and maneuvered
In circles and against the wind high
over the great buildings Of the expo
sition, before an accident to the mo-
tor rendered the big fan propellers
useless and curtailed his command Of
direction, but not Of suspension or
descension.
Steered without Motor.
When the motor broke Knabenshue
maneuvered the flying machine into
the wind. and he was enabled to steer
The Arrow in a course that varied
several points either way from the
trend of the wind, and TO land at a
point of his own selecting.
When within ten feet of the earth,
Knabenshue threw out his grapple, and
one of the hooks caught in a large
tree. The large balloon settled slowly
to the ground, resting lightly on its
framework.
Knabenshue alighted, secured the
airship to prevent injury from the wind
and assured Mr.. Baldwin by telephone
that The Arrow was uninjured, ex-
cept for the minor breakage OF the
motor.
After landing Knabenshue said that,
In his opinion the trial of the airship
NNoc a n q ,rf= TIn uentd hot
he could have brought the flying ma
chine to the ground at any time, but
that as he could. to a certain extent,
control its movements. and that as he
felt himself in no danger, he decided
to continue the fight and demonstrate
that, even though the motor was
broken, The Arrow could be controlled.
The fight occupied exactly one hour
The motor broke about fifteen minutes
after the airship left the aeronautic
concourse.
Airship That VIII Sail.
The airship was constructed under
the personal supervision of Capt. Bald
win in California and differs in many
features from ships constructed In the
past.
On the ship Capt. Baldwin places his
hopes OF winning the 100000 prize at
the fair
The gas balloon is cigar-shaped, of
Japanese silk, 81 feet long and II feet
in diameter and requires 5000 cubic
feet of gas to initiate It. The frame
attachment is 80 feet long. 1t carries
a double cylinder seven horsepower
gasoline engine, making 1000 revolu-
tions Of the propellors a minute pos
sible The machine Is arranged so that
the ship is pulled instead of pushed.
To-day's flight was not trial for
the Worlds Fair 100000 prize, Capt.
Baldwin said, but simply trial to con-
vince the residents of ST. Louis and
the World,s Fair yisltnra that he had