This vintage postcard promoted “driver” Fred Owens’s visit to Savannah with the Strobel Air Ship, an early dirigible. Another Strobel airship was in town, driven by Stanley Vaughn, to coincide with the visit of President William Howard Taft, on 5 November 1909. Fred Owens’s ship was nearly lost when engine trouble caused it to drift out toward the ocean, but the driver’s skill helped guide it safely back toward the east side of the city.