The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-01
AIRSHIP SAILED
WHERE He LIKED
AT A HIGHT OF 1000 FEET
1T CIRcLED ABOVE THE GROUNDS
OF THE WORLDS FAIR

Knabenshue Made the Ascent in the
Arrow, the Airship of Thomas $.
Baldwin of CnIifOrnia--His Flight
Was in Every Way Successful.
Steercd his Craft Against an
Eight-AIiIe-an-HOur BreeEe-Spec-
tators Applauded.
st. Louis. Oct. 31.--After circling in
every direction at a hight of 1000 feet
above the Cascades. in sight of thou
sands of cheering, enthusiastic spec
tators on the Worlds Fair grounds. A.
Roy Knabenshue of Toledo, in COM
mand of Thomas S. Baldwin's airship
California Arrow. to-day returned to
the place from which he started. COW
ering three and half miles. part of
the way against an eight-mile wind.
Knabenshue started from the aero
nautic course at 337 o'clock and re-
turned at 4O5. On the return trip the
airship sailed slowly over the exact
spot from which it had risen twenty
eight minutes previously and glided
about 100 feet further west, where 1t
settled gracefully to the ground.
Was a Great Demonstration.
The descent of the Arrow was the
signal for great demonstration. Doz-
ems of eager hands were upstretched to
grasp the frame of the flying machine
which, with it's navigator, was car
ried around the course on the shoulders
of shouting men.
The Arrow rose slowly and easily, its
at hight of twenty-five feet Knaben-
shue turned the rudder and the aerial
craft. answering to its helm. turned
south and continued its flight without
interruption.
Knabenshue at this 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 injured or
killed. But Knabenshue. waving his
cap to reassure those who were fol-
lowing his every move, moved toward
the rear of the airship. The Arrow
pointed its PROV upward and, answer
ing the pull of the propeller, scared
lightly over the fence and rapidly gain
ed an altitude of 1000 feet.
Then Renchess 1000 Feet.
After proceeding about half a mile
westward, Knabenshue turned the air.
ship about and again passed over the
his altitude until he was 1000 feet
above the earth. Knabenshue contin-
ued in a generally eastern direction
until over the Cascades. the center Of
the fair grounds, and about a mile and
half in a direct line from the point
of starting.
At about that time a barely per-
ceptible breeze that had been blow
ing from the west. increased TO eight
miles an hour and veered to the north.
To return to the starting point 1t was
necessary for Knabenshue TO breast
this breeze. 1t seemed that his first
effort to turn the airship from a course
before the wind was unsuccessful. but
Knabenshue. after trying to turn to the
left. swung the rudder sharply in the
other direction and the Arrow came
into the wind, staggered a moment,
and then gaining power, came toward
the concourse at speed that caused
the spectators to cheer and toss hats
in the air. The demonstration was OBJ
served by Knabenshue. who leaned far
out and waved an empty ballast bag
in reply.
Almost whence IL started.
When within a few hundred feet OF
the concourse Knabenshue moved
forward in the car, the Arrow point
ed downward and sailed towards the
ground without any slackening Of
speed.
Knabenshue entered the concourse
from the east at a hight Of 200 feet
and slowly the speed OF the motor
directed the airship over the wooden
frame, that had supported the Arrow
before the flight. The momentum was
too great to admit Of stopping exactly
i'm the place from which he had made
the ascent. but the airship settled to
the ground within 100 feet OF the dock