Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-11-03
AT LAST, REAL AIR
SHIP MAKES TRIP
Baldwin's California "Arrow"
Meets Requirements Of the
Exposition Contest.
IS AN ENTIRE SUCCESS
Ship and Builder Given Great Ovation
After the FIisht-ship Will Mako
Daily Demonstrations Here
after, Its Owners Say.

st. Louis Nov. 3.-After circling In
eve..-section at a height of 1000 feet
above the Cascades, in sight of thou
sands Of cheering, enthusiastic spec
tators on the worlds fair grounds, A
Roy Krabenshue, of Toledo, o., in COM
man1 of the Baldwin airship, returned
to the place from which he had START
ed, over the same course that he had
come, covering the three mics and i
half of the round trip under his own
power and demonstrating the claims OF
of San Francisco, that the California
Arrow" is not only dirigible, but that
1T can make Roadway against a mod
crate breeze.
Knabenshue started from the aero
nautic Concourse at 1887 y. IN. and re-
turned after his remarkable flight at
4 05 p. m. On the return trip the air.
ship sailed slowly over the exact spot
from which it had risen twenty-eight
minutes previously, and glided about
100 feet further west, where 1t scared
gracefully to the ground.
The successful flight came as cli-
max to a day full of discouragements.
Baldwin and Knabenshue had worked
for twenty-s six hours without sleep in
order to prepare for the flight, and the
first essay at an ascent. with Baldwin
himself in command of the airship. had
ended disastrously. the Arrow" falling
suddenly to the ground and breaking
one Of the blades of the propeller.
Repairs Quickly Made.
After hasty examination Baldwin
announced that the damage could be
repaired at once, and said that Knaben-
shue would attempt another flight in a
,ub
ing momentarily augmented. cheered
the announcement and patiently waited
while the repairs were being made.
AT the time Baldwin had stated the
airship was again, brought from the
aerodrome and hastily groomed for the
flight. AT signal from Knabenshue
the airship was cast loose and the mo-
tor started.
The ARROW rose slowly and easily,
its prov directed toward the west.
When at height of about twenty-five
feet Knabenshue turned the rudder
and the aerial craft, answering to its
helm, pointed south and continued it's
flight without Interruption.
Knabenshue at that time was not
high enough to clear the aeronautic
fence, and as he rapidly approached it
the crowd held> its breath, fearing that
the craft would be dashed against the
barricade and the aeronaut badly In
jured or perhaps killed.
The young man, who chung to the
frail support that affords the navigato or
of the "California Arrow" precarious
foothold, did not share the anxiety of
the spectators. Waving his cap to as
every move, Knabenshue moved
toward the rear of the arship The
arrow pointed it's PROV upward. and,
answering the pull of the propeller,
SCARED lightly above the fence and
rapidly gained an altitude of about 1000
feet.
Knabenshue again changed the direc-
ton of the craft and passed over the
crowd i'm the concourse. which, although
hoarse from cheering, did it's best to
encourage the daring youth i'm COM
mand OF the swiftly moving ship.
Motor Was Plainly Heard.
The "chuch, chuch" of the motor
could be plainly heard, and the rays Of
the sun glistened upon the silver tinted
blades of the propeller. making halo
around the prov of the flying machine.
After proceeding half to three-quarters
of n mile westward ISnabenshue turned
the airship about and again passed
over the concourse, at the same time in
creasing his altitude until he was about
1000 feet above the earth.
Sailing first to the northeast and then
to the southeast, occasionally making
a complete turn, Knabenshue con-
tnued i'm g generally easterly direction
until over the Cascades. the center of
the worlds fair grounds and about a
mile and half In direct line from
the point of starting.
AT about that time the barely per-
ceptibe breeze that had been blowing
from the northwest increased to about
eight miles and veered to the north. In
order to return TO the starting point 1t
was necessary for Knabenshue to
that his first effort to turn the air.
ship from course before the wind
was unsuccessful. and fears We're eX-
pressed that Knabenshue could not
complete the demonstration by return
ing to the concourse. He attempted
several times to turn to the left, and
suddenly swung the rudder sharply in
the other direction, and the Arrow"
came into the air, staggered a moment,
and then. gaining power, came toward
the concourse at II speed that caused
the spectators to cheer and to throw
their hats into the air. The demon
stration was observed by Knabenshue,
who leaned far out and waved an
empty ballast bag.
Arrow" continued in the teeth of the
breeze. gaining speed and rushing
toward the concourse in an imposing
manner.
When within q few hundred yards
VI the concourse kna1enshue moved
forward; the Arrow responded inn
mediately to the downward shift and
sailed towards the ground without a
diminishment of speed. Knabenshue
entered the concourse from the east at
a height of about 200 feet and. slowing
the speed of his motor, directed the air.
ship over the wooden trestles that had
supported the Arrow" before the
flight started. His momentum was too
great to admit of stopping exactly in
the place from which he had made the
ascent, but the airship settled to the
ground within 100 feet.
TURKEY AND THE VATICAN