Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-19
kAvleATEs AIR.
Ship Appears to be Great Suc-
cess.

For many years the matter of
navigating space has occupied
the minds of many of the worlds
most noted inventors. Of all
things and ideas ever conceived
by man there never was any idea
projected that was received with
SO much skepticism as the matter
of flying machine.
1t seems that patience and per-
severance will accomplish many |
things-all things, it might be
said. A recent visitor at the
Fair from this city tells US of
the marvellous flight of the air
ship on exhibition at the Expo
sition and the Telegram publish
ed the following entertaining and
instructive write-up of the per-
Torrance of the ship now at the
Fair:
Before the admiring gaze of
thousands of people, covering the
roofs of down town business
blocks, Lincoln Beachy, the IS
year-old aeronaut, in the airship
Gelat:ne, made the most success
full fight ever made, travelling in
almost a direct line the distance.
from the Fair ground to the heart
of the city, circling around the
Oregorian building and the Post
Office and returning by way of St.
Vincent's Hospital. The entire
trip v as made in IS minutes.
Beechy's flight was successful
: in eve5y detail. He demonstra-
ted that at all times he had his
airship under perfect control,
lowering and raising it at will
and guiding it in any direction
! necessary to reach a desired
point. The day was ideal, the
gentle breeze in no way affecting
the steerage of his craft.
The ascent commenced from
i the airship depot at the Fai,
grounds promptly at 11:o5 a. m.,
and it was just ten minutes later
when Beechy sailed over the
I Oregonian building, and enthus.
iastic cheers from thousands oi
: people who thronged the roof ot
/. the Oregonian and other down.
: town buildings, and to which the
: aeronaut responded by waving his
: cap.
For five minutes the graceful
) craft hovered over this city, cir
| cling gently but surely as a huge
bird from one point to another
e About 1922 the Gelatine was
J headed upward, and after rising
to height of 1000 feet, startee
westward towards the St. Vim
: cents Hospital. Here was giver
. a picturesque demonstration O
: the dirigibility of the craft.
After having attained an alti
; tude of more than 1000 fee
ii Beechy directed his course down
: ward, ard still steering directly
west towards the hospital, h
> continued until he was less thar
200 feet above the ground, tht
tower of The hospital in the back
grtt nd rising considerably abov
:. the sirship. From this poin
the course veered northward ant
l. again the boat scared into tn
;, clouds, attaining the highest al
. titude reached during the trip
: As he neared the Exposition
= grounds Beechy came gentl
= downward. Again cheers of con
graduation burst from the crowd
: who fingered on the housetops
;. = and the alrship, a distant spec
i, of gold on the green backgroun
:, ;, of Willamette Heights, gentl,
! sank behind the treetops an
= vanished from sight. The tim
:, of the return from the Oregonia
- tower to the airship station at th
- Fair grounds going by the in
~ direct route of the St. Vincent
Hospital, was IS minutes.
In his flight Beechy directe
his course by the use of larg
!, buildings as chart, and in ever