Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-11
AT LAST, REAL AIR
SHIP MAKES TRIP
RaIdwin's California "Arrow"
Meets Requirements of the.
Exposition Contest.
IS AN ENTIRE SUCCESS
Ship and Builder Given n Great ovaticr
After the Fiight-Ship VIII Make
Daily Demonstrations Here
after, Its Owners Say.

st. Louis. Nov. 3.-After circling in
every direction 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
mand 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 miles and a
half OF the round trip under his w
lower and demonstrating the claims OF
the inventor. Capt. Thomas s. Baldwin.
OF San Francisco. that the california
Arrow" is not only dirigible. but that
1t can make Roadway against a mod
crate breeze.
K~nabenshue started from the aero
1autic concourse at 1887 q. m. 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 II had risen twenty-eight
minutes previously. and giided about
100 feet further west, where 1t scared
gracefully to the ground.
The successful fight came as a cli-
max to a day full of discouragements.
Baldwin and Knabenshue had worked
" "a AO1A0 Nt0 ta
order to prepare for the flight, and the
first essay at an ascent, with Baldwin
himself In command of the airship. had
ended cisastrously. the ARROW" falling
suddenly to the ground and breaking
Of the blades of the propeller.
Repairs Quickly Made.
After a hasty examination Baldwin
announced that the damage could be
repaired at once. and said that Knaben-
shue would attempt another flight i'm a
half hour. The crowd, which was be-
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 a 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 a height Of about twenty-five
feet Knabenshue turned the rudder
and the aerial craft, answering to its
helm, pointed south and continued its
flight without interruption.
Knabenshue at that time was not
high enough to clear the aeronautic
fence, and as he rapidly approached 1t
the crowd held its breath, fearing that
w q WOhAd 0E AcNOaA00 ~oAAiA1S NAAN
barricade and the aeronaut badly in
jured or perhaps killed.
The young man, who chung to the
frail support that affords the navigator
of the California Arrow" a precarious
foothold, did not share the anxiety of
the spectators. Waving his cap to as
sure those who were following his
every move, Knabenshue moved
toward the rear OF the airship. The
Arrow pointed its 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 in the ~concourse, which. although
hoarse from cheering, did It's best to
the daring youth In 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 a halo
around the prov OF the flying machine.
After proceeding half to three-quarters
of a mile westward Knabenshue 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 n then
10 the southeast, occasionally making
a complete turn, Knabenshue CON-
tinued in a generally easterly direction
until over the Cascades, the center of
the world 8 Air grounds and about a
mile and a half In a direct lire from
the point OF starting.
At about that time the barely per-
ceptible 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 Il
was necessary for Knabenshue to
breast this breeze. IL could be seen
that his first effort to turn the air.
ship from a course before the wind
was unsuccessful. and fears were ex-
pressed that K~nabenshue 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, n the ARROW"
came into the air, staggered a moment,
and then. gaining power, came toward
the concourse at a 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.
without deviation the California
Arrow continued in the teeth OF the
breeze, gaining speed and rushing
toward the ~concourse in ar imposing
manner
When within a few hundred yards
OF the Knabenshue moved
forward: the Arrow responded inn
rnediately to the downward shift and
sailed towards the ground without a
diminishment of speed. Knabenshue
entered the ~oncours from the east at
a height OF about 200 feet. and, slowing
the speed OF his motor, directed the air
ship over the wooden t~resties 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.