Arizona republican., 1908-11-07
.A|RsH|P EvOLUT|ONS
 BIG FAIR ATTRACTION
KNABENSHUE HAS MACHINE READY AND THE PLANS
 ALL MADE
Flights May Include a TripLAround the Salt River or Estrella Mountains.

Roy Knabenshue, the plucky ana | daring Toledo, Ohio, airship inventor will make his first flight from the faii
 grounds Monday morning ana vii
 make a circuit of the city in his won derful bird of the air" The machine is now on the lot at the fair grounds and is being inflated. When. inter- viewed by a Republican reporter last evening, MT. Knabenshue stated that
 he expected to make a flight every
 day during fair week providing the weather permitted. owing to the
 great resistance of the gas bag, rud-
 der, etc, offers to an air current, a
 gale of wind creates havoc with the
 operation of the machine.
 The gas bag is 112 it. long by 11a feet in diameter and from this Is sup ported a frame which carries the mot or and passengers and to which is fastened the propeller and rudder. The gas bag has capacity of 20.0O0 cubic feet of gas and a lifting power of 1000 pounds.
 The entire weight of the frame en- zine and passengers is suspended from the gas bag by means of net work of cord. To view the machine and see the small cord lines, which are the only support for the frame. motor, and pas sengers, gives one the creeps.
 MT. Knabenshue is a daring aero naut His work so far has not been profitable so far as actual money is concerned but his interest in the in vention and the achievement of a per feet machine for navigating the air, has been the one ambition of his life The machine which will be used in Phoenix is the remodification of sev- eral experimental machines built at great expense by this progressive in ventor.
 It has cost the inventor about $1l,OOe in actual cash to say nothing of the time and trouble connected with its experiments during its manufacture.
 MT. Knabenshue has had many mar row escapes from sudden death while navigating the air. One incident which he describes as follows is enough to cause gray hairs in the head of a Mex ican.
 "I went up alone in a wind that would not permit of even my machin- ists company. As the higher attitudes were reached the air currents became stronger and when about 1500 feet from mother earth encountered a gale of wind that made it impossible for me to control the direction of the ship. You have often seen a kite in the air. when the wind was strong and the tail of the kite too light. Well that's just how the ship acted. It shot first up and then down and actually turned a complete somersault in one of it's evo- lutions. I don't know how I managed to hang on but did and finally made a successful landing"
 This is only one of the many experi- ences MT. Knabenshue has had and to tell them all would fill a large volume.
 A reporter Of The Republican en- deavored to make arrangements to fly with him one day during his stay in the city. but owing to adverse condi- tions, this may not be possible.
 The airship will be seenl soaring above the city at about eleven o'clock morning, providing weather conditions permit, and present appear ances are favorable, trips will be made daily during the fair and an attempt will be made to circle the mountain range south of the river and a per formance of air evolutions will be given in full view of the grand stand.