Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

Portland Or, April 5.-Captain T. S.
Baldwin Of San Francisco. inventor and owner
of the California Arrow, the only dirigible
airship which made successful flights at the
St Louis Worlds Fair last summer, has been
engaged by the management of the Lewis and
Clark Exposition to take charge of the airship
contests at the western worlds fair, which,
It Is claimed. will far excel any held az
previous expositions. Captain BALDWIN VIII
bring the Arrow with him to Portland. Roy
Knabenshue, whose fame an aeronaut is as
wide as Captain Baldwins as an inventor viii
accompany the captain and manage the nights
of the airship Associated Press dispatch
1.-The only really creditable work done at
the ST. Louis Fair was the successful nights
made by the Baldwin machine. Current LII
erature March, 1904.
"The future of the airship as a successful
project will be more quickly attained than the
successful end was attained by the automo-
bile. john Brisben Walker, in Cosmopolitan.
Troy KNABENSHUE MAKES TEST OF
VARIOUS CURRENTS. Thousands Of people
surged and swayed about Roy Knabenshue
and his sky wagon Midget yesterday after
at Chutes Park, awaiting the ascension
The Midget rose rapidly at the appointed
hour. travelling northeast with the breeze for
several miles, then II reached another cur
rent Of air. coming back over its original
courae until II hung between heaven ana
earth almost directly over the spot from
which it started.
''Moi ballast was cast out by the aeronaut
and 1t rose still higher into another current
which carried it due south. So high was the
little sky wagon flying that 1t was hardly
discernible from the ground.
After being in the air about an hour
Knabenshue decided TO come down. and he
landed several miles south of the city. This
is the last Of the three experimental trips
which the well-known aeronaut had planned
TO make in the Midget.
"Knabenshue will probably soon leave Los
Angeles to join Captain Baldwin in New
York. Los Angeles Herald, March 29. 1905.
"Roy Knabenshue, in his little hydrogen
balloon left the Chutes grounds at o'clock
his small hundreds Of copies OF The Times
advertising sheets containing reference to
Baldwins airship venture These he dis
trbuted in quantities he sailed along, and
after he had entered cloud and disappeared,
a sudden rain OF printing was seen to fall
from its dark deeps. After voyage without
startling event, Knabenshue came down at
5:55 o'clock between Arlington and River
side Los Angeles Times, March 20 1905.
"There is no doubt that Los Angeles is the
center Of arship and balloon activity, Boys
have caught the enthusiasm and small hot-air
balloons may be seen in favorite sections Of
the city after school hours. The boys Of to-
day the coming men, and the balloons are
the forerunners of the coming airships.'-
Los Angeles Herald.
.
who startled the world by the manner in which
he handled the airshp California Arrow, not
only at the fair in st. Louis but later In
Los Angeles, intends to leave for New York
today.
THE young navigator Of the air goes to the
metropolis TO attempt a feat that for daring
has never been eQuaed in the history Of aero
nautics II Is this: TO twice loop the Brook
lyn bridge, going under and then back over
and then repeat at"-Los Angeles Herald. April
O. 1905.
"Aeronaut drifts forty miles. At Knaben-
shue's command. the moOring lines Of the trim
little Midget were cast OF by the attend
ants in Chutes Park yesterday afternoon,
shortly after 3: 80 O'Clock, and the pretty sky
wagon shot heaVenWard and drfted northeast
with the breeze. soon going entirely out OF
sight AT 1855 O'Clock the aeronaut brought
II TO earth about a mile and a half from Ar
llngton station near Riverside, and about
having travelled this distance in one hour and
twenty-five inmates. Los Angeles Herald,
April g. 1905.
Roy Knabenshue. BaldWns airship aeron-
aut made an ascension from Chutes Park
yesterday afternoon at o'clock The flight
was probably the longest ever made by a
Los Angeles aerOnaut. Knabenshue arose TO an
altitude OF 5000 feet took southeasterly
east Of Riverside-on the Arlington ranch,
owned by j. ID. Simpson.
"Knabenshue telephoned IN 10 Los Angeles
that the trip was one OF the finest he ever
enjoyed. He said that he easily could have
remained aloft several hours longer, but Ow-
ing 20 night coming ON considered Il best TO
eject landinE