The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
Worlds Records Outdistanced
by Count zeppelin's Steera-
BILE Balloon Over Swiss
Lakes.
CHEERED ON BY TOURISTS
Craft Traverses Greater Part of North
ern Switzerland, Executing COM
plicated Eyolutions
Perfectly.

Friedrichshafen. July 1.-Count Yep
|pelin today outdlstanced all worlds
records for steerahle balloons. He re-
manned in the air for 70 hours, ira
versed the greater part OF northern
Switzerland, and visited Zurich, Win
lterthur and Lucerne, attaining an
average speed throughout Of "a miles
an hour. His airship displayed splendid
qualities Of dirigibility and answered
the slightest movement of her helm,
while her stability was quite up to the
greatest expectations.
In the most desirable weather con-
lditons, almost dead calm, the airship.
manned by crew OF fourteen under
the leadership of Count Zeppelin, left
its floating home on Lake Constance
at $3.50 o'clock In the morning. Less
than FIVE minutes later Count Zeppelin
shouted "All clear" and the balloon
rose about 1000 feet In the air and
turned her bow towards Constance. BY
. o'clock 1t had disappeared on the
western horizon
Telephone messages from Frauenfeld.
Winterthur and other towns soon re-
ported the appearance of the alrshlp
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 vanish
ed from view AT rapid rate in tn. d.
rection of Lucerne.
/ It was about | o'clock when the air
| chin into tstAtv n M
| thousands of astoniShed tourists from
all parts OF the world, including hum
dreds Of americans. greeted her with
loud cheering as she sailed quickly over
the waters OF the lake.
With the greatest precision Count
ztIrelln guided his airship and pro-
cec6e6 to carry out long series Of
ev buttons which included complicated
figures. circles, the figure eight sharp
turns, descents and ascents. He then
Undertook a tour of the whole lake.
visiting bay and indentation along the
/ shores. Finally he turned the nose
Of the ship nomewards, crossing the
A5is range Of mountains In the high
air and travelling at good perc. They
soon reached Zurich again and great
crowds Of people had gathered there III
participation OF the balloons return and
W y waiting 10 cheer Its ARRIVAL. The
roofs OF the houses and al the open
! Space were crowded Tn. count, how
ever only accorded them n FIVE min
utes view of the balloon, merely en-
cIrcling the town hall, and then con-
tinuing on his way to Winterthur and
| Frauenfed. At the latter place he
crossed the artillery range and was
oheered by the troops engaged IN field
and firing exercises.
BY $3.50 IN the evening the airshlp
had again reached Lake Constance AMI
turned eastward to BreRenz. a frontier
| town. OF Austria Hungary From that
place II travelled back to Friedrichs-
hafen, executing a most difficult series
OF maneuvers all the while, until II
within 100 feet OF the roofs of the
houses. and was greeted with the FIR
ing of n salute from battery OF small
mortars. cheers and shouts TO which
the crew OF the airship. led by the
count. responded a few minutes later
the balloon slipped easily into the shed
from which II had been absent just
twelve hours.
The greatest altitude reached in the
4 long voyage was 2,b00 feet and the dis
tance covered was about 200 miles M
the crow flies. Passengers travelling on
a train between Zurich and Constance
say that the balloon easily overhaul
ed their train. which II left behind
Count Zeppelin considers the pros.
poets for the approaching twenty-four
hours flight as favorable