Eureka Reporter | 1904-09-16 | Page 2 | Montana a Winner

MONTANA A WINNER aeronaut from that state has made successful trip in aarah p benbow a montana aeronaut Is the first man to sail an airship over the world s fair aeronautic course he made a trial ascension tuesday and demonstrated that his machine is dir isible but owing to scarcity of power he was unable to propel it without great difficulty against the wind the benbow airship ascended to a height of from to feet and starting from about the center of the course sailed as tar as the east gate before descending the descent was made la a straight path and the machine ws then led back to the start ing point the airship consists ot a cigar shaped balloon and an aluminum car it has a ten horsepower engine run by hydrogen gas the bag Is about seventy feet long and has sixteen propeller blades four on each wheel and two wheels on each side of the car the bag has a capacity of 14 cubic feet and the hydrogen gas which it holds has a lifting power of pounds