The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-09
Successful Trip on Flying Machine.

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Of thousands of cheering, enthusias-
tic spectators on the world fair
grounds, 4. Roy Knabenshue of Tole-
do, in command of Thomas S. Bald.
win airship California Arrow, today
returned to the place from which he
started, covering three and one half
miles, part of the way against an eight
mile wind.
knabenshue started from the aero
nautic course at 337 p. m. and return
ed at 4.05 p. M. On the return trip
the air ship sailed slowly over the ex-
act spot from which it had risen 2S
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 upstretched to grasp the
frame Of the flying machine which with
its navigator WAS carried around the
course on the shoulders of shouting
men.
The Arrow rose slowly and easily,
its Prov directed to the west. When
at height of 25 feet Knabenshue
turned the rudder, and the aerial
craft, answering to lis helm, pointed
south and continued its flight without
interruption.
Knabenshue at that time vas not
| high enough to clear the aeronautic
fence and as he rapidly approached it
the crowd dts breath, fearing that
the craft would be dashed against the
barricade and the aeronaut injured or
killed. But Knabenshue, waving his
cap to assure those who were following
his every move, moved toward the
rear of the airship. The Arrow point
ed its PROV upward, and answering
the pull Of the propeller, scared light
ly over the fence and rapidly gained
an altitude Of 1000 feet.
After proceeding about half mile
westward Knabenshue turned the air
ship about and again passed over the
concourse, at the same time increasing
his altitude until he was 1000 feet
above the earth.
Kuabenshue continued in a general
ly eastern direction until over the cas-
cades, the centre of the worlds fair
grounds and about mile and half
in direct line from the point of start
ing.
At about that time the barely per-
ceptible breeze that had been blowing
from the west increased to about eight
miles an hour and veered to the north.
In order to return to the starting
pointit was necessary for Knabenshue
to breast the breeze. It seemed his
first effort to turn the airship from
course before the wind was unsuccess-
full, 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
moment and then gaining power,
came toward the concourse at speed
that caused the spectators to cheer
and toss their hats in the air. The
demonstration was observed by Kna-
benshae who leaned far out and waved
an empty ballast bag in reply.
When in few hundred feet of the
concourse Knabenshue moved forward
in the car, the Arrow pointed down
ward and sailed toward che ground
without any slackening Of speed.
Knabenshue entered the concourse
from the east at height Of 200 feet
and slowly the speed Of the motor di-
rected the airship over the wooden
frame that had supported the Arrow
before the fight. The momentum was
too great 70 admit Of stopping exactly
in the place from which he had mede
the ascent bat the ei1ship aotsaed 10
the ground within les feet Of the
dock.
st. Louis, Nov. 1.-The second sue:
cessful fight OF the Baldwin eirship
was made ut ohe worlds fsir today,
under the ggiaaAes ef A. &. Kuaben.
shue Of Toledo, 9hss, who vancouver
ed the "Califosusa Arrow at will,
high abeve the western portion Of the
exposition grounds and descended in
the stadium, adjoining the aerial con-
course, amid the cheering thousands,
after fight Of 36 minutes. Yester-
day Knabenshue took the airship up
to an altitude Of 1000 feet and, cir.
cling around, descended in the aerial
concourse within 100 feet Of his start
ing point. To-day he went up 70 an