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ST LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Oct. 26, 1904

Until the ship had reached a point about the center of the Transportation building it was demonstrating to the satisfaction of all who watched that it was perfectly dirigible and responding to the steering of the operator. At this point the motor ceased to work and the ship hung over the building until it drifted southeast before a current of air. It passed over Forest Park and over the city in this direction, at times whirling about in the counter air currents, but ever righting itself ultimately under the skillful guidance of Knabenshue, who kept his hand on the tiller rope that operated the rudder.

Drifting before the wind it passed on toward the river and Illinois. It crossed the river at a point just east of the Arsenal, and, after sailing three miles east of the river, Knabenshue made a landing near Chartrand School.

Here the gas envelope was deflated and the operator secured a team and wagon and loaded the vessel on it for the trip to the Worlds Fair. The coming of the airship caused the same excitement in the East Side cities as in St Louis, and the townsmen turned out in a body to watch the flight.

Knabenshue chose his landing place and dropped to earth gently and without a jar. The ship was not injured in any way, and Captain Baldwin, its inventor, says that he could make another flight today if he could fill it with gas in time.

The flight was an exhibition journey made for a purse offered by the exhibition in the event that certain required conditions were complied with in the flight.