The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03
ZEPPELIN MAKES FLIGHT.
oUTplsTANcEs ALL RECORDS
FOR SOARING IN HEAVENS.
REMAINS IN AIR TWELVE HOURS
Counts New Alrshlp Traverses Great
or Part Of Northern Switzerland and
Maintains Average Speed Of Thirty.
Four Miles an Hour.

Friedrichshafen. July Count Yep
pelin outdistanced all worlds records
for Siderable balloons He remained
In the air for twelve hours, traversed
| the greater part of northern Switzsr-
land and visited Zurich. Winterthur and
Lucerne attaining an average speed
throughout OF thirty.four miles an
hour His airship displayed splendid
qualities Of dirigibilty and answered
the slightest movement of the helm,
while Its stability was quite up to the
greatest expectations.
In the most desirable weather condi-
tions, almost a dead calm, the airship.
manned by crew of fourteen, under
the leadership of Count Zeppelin, left
It's floating home on Lake Constance
at $3.50 a. IN. Less than Ave minutes
later Count Zeppelin shouted, "All
clear" and the balloon rose about l.
600 feet In the air and turned her
bows towards Constance. BY 8 o'clock
1t had disappeared on the western
horizon.
Telephone messages from Frauen-
field, Winterthur and other towns soon
reported the appearance OF the air
ship and her passage over the canton
OF Zurich. The giant craft remained
ten minutes lowering over the town Of
Zurich and the lake, and then van
ished from view at rapid rate In the
direction Of Lucerne.
1t was about l o'clock when the air
ship came into view at Lucerne and
the thousands of astonished tourists
from all parts of the world, including
hundreds of Americans, greeted her
with loud cheering as she sailed
quickly over the waters OF the lake.
With the greatest precision, Count
Zeppelin guided his airship and pro-
ceeded to carry out a long series of
evolutions, which included complicated
figures, circles, the figure 8, sharp
turns, descents and ascents. He then
undertook a tour of the whole lake,
visiting every bay and indentation
along the shores. Finally, he turned
the nose of the ship homeward, cross
Ing the Albis range of mountains in
the high air and travelling at a good
pace. They soon reached Zurich again
and great crowds of people had gath
cred there in anticipation of the bal
looms return. The count, however,
only accorded them a five minutes
view of the balloon, merely encircling
the town hall, and then continuing on
his way to Winterthur and Frauenfeld.
At the latter place he crossed the ar
hillary range and was cheered by the
troops engaged in field exercises.
The airship turned eastward to
BregenZ, a frontier town of Austria
Hungary. From that place it travelled
back to Friedrichshafen, executing a
most difficult series of maneuvers all
the while until it was over the town.
A few minutes later the balloon
slipped easily into the shed, from
which 1t had been absent just twelve
hours. -
The greatest altitude reached in the
long voyage was $500 feet and the
distance covered about 220 miles.
Passengers travelling on a train be-
tween Zurich and Constance say that
the balloon easily overhauled the
train, which 1t left behind.
Count Zeppelin considers the pros
poets for the approaching twenty-four
hour flight as favorable. -