The Washington times., 1904-11-03
BENBOH AIRSHIP
WILL TAKE FLIGHT
Interesting Experiment at
st. Louis Today.
STRUCTURE OF THE MACHINE
Win CarIy Weight of Nine Hundred
Pounds, and Is Capable Of Guild
ance by Operator.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 8-The triaI trip to-
day al the Worlds Fair by the airship
Meteor. invented and built by II. C. Ben
bow, OF Columbus. Mon. with the col
le&oration of III. j. Wells, OF the same
(place. IS expected TO demonstrate the
dirigl biuty Of the machine.
Ar. BeuboW win propel IL ia various
directions. and at different angles. rails
Ing and lowering it in the air several
times. and finally returning to the place
of starting. II his plans are successful
The Benbow diriglble balloon is con
structed on entirely different principles
from the Baldwin. which made such "a
brilliant flight on October % III is also
much larger. the cigar-shaped bag be-
Ing seventy-four feet long, and twenty
enc ana a half feet in diameter, with
capacity Of 1900 cubic feet. and carry
ing a weight of 500 pounds.
Rudder Attachment.
Directly beneath the central line Of
The gas bag. ana attached 10 its cords,
is a horizontal spar. about two-thIrds
as long as itself, made Of steel with the
exception OF short pTolOngation OF
bamboo art 10 which the rudder post IS
attached. From this rod IS suspended
the car proper, which is a framework
of aluminium sustained by steel rods
and further strengthened with braces
Of piano wire.
The car which is prolonged fore and
arr inlo Ions DeaEs similar so and par
ellei with the main SPAR is divided into
t"e compartments, the forward one
containing ten-horzepOwer Hercules
Easo-ene engine. ana the other the rec
Jangllar wicker basket n which the
aerqlaur stands
The EGsoleue tank IS iu front OF the
ourcJOr ana engine bE means of pipes
--AtllAs beneath the basket The enc
sl-1 ls hepl cool by an ordinary electric
IAN wheel attached Immediately In
front OF IT,
Pr0Delling Apparatus.
The propeuiug appara tus is geared to
the engine by "a broad leather belt. con-
sists of two wheels, one on each side
OF the car and at the exact center OF
gravity OF the whole apparatus. These
wheels are twelve feet in diameter
and make eighty revolutions a minute.
Each IS composed OF four siX-f0ou blades
or wings, made OF canvas stretched on
bicycle tubing with piano wire braces
The wings are coilausible. and by am
ingenious mechanical device are made
% close up an each revolution, remain
ln8 open 1lsL long enough 10 seize and
siasp me air ana presenting a mini
1auu2 Of resistance while returning 10
the point Of greatest efficiency.
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the feathers Of birds during flight. IS
looked upon Dy aLr. Baldwin and other
leronaurlc experts az the exposition as
OF great uuquestloua value.
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