Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26
What a Few Of the American
Newspapers Have Said Re-
garding Baldwin's
Airship


Airship
All ,the leading newspapers Of the
United States have published very nat
terinG notices Of the successful flight
Of the Baldwin Airship ARROW" az the
ST Louis Worlds Fair, and later lights
at Los Angeles, the consensus OF opin-
ion being that the Baldwin Airship IS
not only the most marvellous Invention
q the age but Is rSs sSmPHtS gaiHovlns SSoIsss srs
a few extracts:
FROM THE, NEW YORK HERALD,
jan. So 1edb.--"CALIFORNIA AR
ROW FLIES SUCCESSFULLY: Capt
Bafdwin's Airship driven in all direc-
Knabenshue made successful flight at
Chutes Park, Los Angeles, Cal In
fight about forty-flve minutes, durlng
which time he circled within RADIUS
OF about one mile of the park, executing
many maneuvers, returning finally ana
landing within the enclosure from
which he had started"
NEW YORK AMERICAN, Jan. 80,
1so5-'PERFEcT AIRsHIP AT LAST
Baldwin finds motor which Keeps Ar
row in air fcrty-five minutes and ship
responds IKE an automobile. Arsn,p NJ mp
northeast for half a mile. Knabenshue
began his maneuvers, turning the craft
in every direction, describing complete
above the heads of thousands Of spec
tators"
NEW YORK WORLD. Jan. 80, 1906.
-" ARROW GUIDES PERFECTLY.
Roy Knabenshue, the aeronaut, made
successful flight in Capt. Baldwin's Air
ship, the California Arrow this after
noon at Chutes Park, Los Angeles.
Circled over the park, executing all sorts
OF manehvers with the big aerial craft
returning finally and landing within
the enclosure from which he started"
NEW Work TIMES, Jan. 80, 1905
"AIRSHIPS SUCCESSFUL TRIP. Cal
ifornia Arrow flies forty-five minutes
without mishap. Roy Knabenshue made
successful fight in Capt. Baldwin's Air
ship, the Arrow at Chutes Park, Los
Angeles. Big airship responded .yead-
in every direction at sharp angles @s
the aerpnaut desired. Mr.. Knabenshus
said: L demonstrated today that with
perfect working tsa motor sSih, ,s as COVE we
troIled as easily as one man can con-
troll an automobile
LOS ANGELES HERALD. Los An
geles Cal, Dec 26-r CALIFORNIA fI.A
e6NfRo1 e5NDM S4Si.S on 1ERoNAur kNGgEN:
SHUE. In the already world-famed
sky yacht the aerial engineer made
wonderful flight over Los Angeles and
ternoon, scoring the greatest success
by airships. and finally landed with
safety at San Pedro and Pico streets.
The nervy chauffeur handles the ma
chine at will and sails through the air
like huge bird, the monster ship
circling over the city several times
Great crowds throng the streets for
hours, and the populace is amazed at
the wondrous\ \success of Capt. Baldwin's
Airship."
COUNCIL BLUFFS IowA) NON
PAREIL, Nov. 1:-"A1RsHiP THAT
f,,l
ground at height of 1000 feet. Demon
strates the claim that the craft is
drigible. Thousands of cheering spec
tators witness the ,airship's wonderful
performance"
COLORADO SPRINGS TELEGRAPH.
Nov 1-"BALDwINS AIRSHIP Sue
CESSFUL. After circEng in every d.
rection at height Of 2ooo feet above
cheering spectators. at the Worlds Fair
grounds, A. Roy Knabenshue. in COM
mand Of the Airship California Arrow
yesterday returned to, the place from
and a half miles of the round trip,
demonstrating the claim of the. in
ventor, Capt. Thqmas Baldwin Of Los
dirigible but that 1t can make headway
against a stiff breeze"
SPRINGFIELD (ILL.l JOURNAL,
Nov I.-"AIRsHIP FLIES AGAINST
WIND Dirigibility o5ign nEovs Of Los Angeles
Louis. Rises to height of 1000 feet and
is controlled at will by the aeronaut.
Trial demonstrates inventors claim that
airship can make headway in face of
strong breeze"
Nov. s-"AfRsHP WORKS PER
FECTLY. Knabenshue makes an
other trip in the Arrow More sue
controls the height and direction of the
machine at will and sails against the
wind at ease"
KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, Nov. a.
Airship scores another success. Maneu-
vers for thirty-six minutes above fair
grounds. obeys rudder readily. sailing
in all directions, with or against the
wind, at will of operator"
WICHITA (KAs.) EAGLE. Npy. a
"AIRSHIP is AGAIN GOOD, S$second
alightng after the trip on the exact
spot from where it started"
sdRifF. RE9FIA Noyl ILhl HKRA4R3RAN5 dESARRNsH1fE
FAKES BAIDw1N's A1RsH1P H45 5SSSfp On AN I.
OTHER FLIGHT TO THE SKIES Con-
trolls ship perfectly and returns to the
fornia Arrow at will"
PERU QLL) HERALD Nov. l.
"AIRsHIP ARROWS GREAT FLIGHT
Sails at height of 1000 feet above fair
half miles. Time occupied, twenty
eight minutes. Machine under complete
control Of navigator, who receives re-
markable ovation"
QUINCY (ILL.D WHIG, Nov. a.
SECOND FLIGHT OVER THE FAIR
Baldwin's Airship makes another sue
cessful journey. Completely meets the
test. Maneuvered about in various di-
rections by expert aeronaut."
DUBUQUE (Iowa) HERALD, Nov. 2.
-"BALDwIN's RsHIP RISE
TOWARD CLOUDS. Under Knaben-
shue's skillful guidance the Arrow
responds TO his movement Of the helm
flying easily against the breeze at an
altitude Of 1000 feet"
In addition TO the above fifteen mo-
tices, the six Los Angeles daily papers
devoted pages to the successful flight
and all OF the magazines OF the
United States with Immense
calculations gave illustrations
and pages TO the pro-
Ject, all unquestlonably
NON recoRnlzing It as the
M hnal solving OF
A NA\ air naviga-
=. ton.
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