The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-11-02
1 FLYING MACHINE TEaT FLIES.
Wonderful Performance at the
Worlds Fair. In the Air 70:
% Minutes.

St Louis, Oct. 3l.-After circling
in every direction at height of 2, 200
feet above the cascades in sight of
thousands of cheering, enthusiastic
spectators on the worlds fair grounds.
A. Roy KDabenshae of Toledo, in
command Of Thomas S. Baldwin s
airship California Arrow, today re-
turned to the place from which he
started, covering three and one-half
miles, part Of the way against an
eight mile wind.
Knabenshude started from the
aeronautic course at 3.37 p. m., and
returned at 4.05 p. m. On the return
trip the airship sailed slowly over
the exact spot from which it had risen
% minutes previously and glided about
100 feet further west, where it settled
gracefully to the ground. The descent
of the Arrow was the signal for
great demonstration. Dozens of eager
hands were outstretched to grasp the
frame of the flying maciue which with
its navigator was carried around the
course on the shoulders Of shouting
men.
The Arrow rose slowly and easily,
it's prov directed toward the vest.
When at a height of 25 feet Knaben-
shude turned the rudder and the aerial
craft, answering to its helm, pointed
south and continued its flight without
interruption.
Knabenshude at that time was not
high enough to clear the aeronautic
fence and as he rapidly approached it
the crowd held is breath, fearing that
the craft would be dashed against the
barricade and the aeronaunt injured or
killed. But Knabenshude, waving his
cap to assure those who were follow
ing his every move, moved toward the
rear of the airship. The Arrow point
| ed it's PROV upward, and answering
the pull Of the propeller, scared light
ly over the fence and raidly gained all
altitude of 1000 feet. !
After proceeding about halfa mile
westward Knabenshude turned the air
ship about and again passed over the
concourse, the same time increasing
his altitude until he was 2,CO0 feet
above the earth.
Knabenshude continued in general
ly eastern direction until over the
cascades, the centre of the worlds fair
grounds and about a mile and a half
in a direct line from the point Of
starting.
A about that time the barely per-
ceptible breeze that had been blowing
from the west increased to about
eight miles an hour and yeered to the
north. In order to return to the
starting point it was necessary for
Knabenshude to breast this breeze. It
seemed his first effort to turn the air.
ship from course before the wind
| was unsuccessful, but Knabenshude
after trying to turn to the left swung
the rudder sharply in the other dir
ection, and the Arrow came into the
wind, staggered a moment and then
gaining power, came toward the con-
course at a speed that caused the
spectators to cheer and toss their hats
| in the air. The demonstration was
observed by Knabenshude who leaned
far out and waved an empty ballast
bag in reply.
When within a fewer hundred feet
of the concourse Knabenshude moved
forward in the car, the Arrow pointed
downward aud sailed toward the
ground without any slackening OF
seed.
Knabenshude entered the concourse
from the east at a height of 200 feet
aud slowly the speed of the motor
directed the airship over the wooden
frame that had supported the Arrow
before the fight. The momentum
was too great to admit of stopping
exactly i'll the place from which he
had made the ascent but the airship
settled to the ground within 100 sfeet
of the dock.