Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-05
EPOCH MAKING
JOURNEY Of
A|RSH|P
COUNT ZEPPELIN SAILS
AT WILL OVER EUROPE
Forced to Descend by Slight
MiShap inventor Repairs
Damage and Resumes the
24-Hour Endurance Trip,

~, Morning journal special Leased wire
Ffiedrichshafep. Aug. ARISING
nom lts floating dock ON the dark
green waters Of Lake Constance carry
this morning the great dirigiblr air
shlp Of Count Zeppelin was sent away
for a twenty four hours journey Ia
The air 10 Maycnrc AMI return Late
tonight tho apex Of the triangular
uieht had been turned and the mon.
alter Of the air with nose pointed
southwark WIS reported speeding
along under starry skies toward Fried
~rlchHnfen. where Il IS hoped tho jour
ney viii oud Wednesday.
The hight 10 Mayrnce, however,
was not an interrupted one. for Some
thing went wrong with IL propeller
while the nirship WAC speeding along
above the Rhine and Count Zeppelin
was compelled to bring the alrship
down to the surface of the river az
Naekheim. eight miles from MaYence,
where repairs were effected. The dir
igfblc balloon was again sent On nigh
and the trip that VIII probably prove
a record one vas recommended,
The weather for the ascension was
most auspicious. The ship Of the air
rose matesttcaiiy 10 q height Of zoo
wards ana crossing the lake circled the
town Of Constance, then turning re-
traced the path OF is night and de-
pcribing o perfect circle passed over
Tricdrlchsafcn ana then scared west
ward over the lake 10 Basic On the
Swiss frontier.
.-4- III aLl..I -lawIHl. NAVH4HA |
the northwest Count Zeppelin steer
IA Il over Muthauscn and then direct
ed its night northeasterly 90 Strass-
hung. thence follow the Valley of the
Nhlnt northward TO Mayence. "A dis
tnncc altogether Of over $50 miles.
Everything was going smoothly
when the trouble to the propeller oc
CURED and somewhat lmprded the
progress of the airship. hut when the
balloon had been brought down. Count
Zeppelin found the defect so slight
that he telrphoned his secretary at his
nfncr at Friedrichaafcu;
We viii start again some time to-
night and complete the Trip
His eypectatioua We're realized for
IN les ~lhau four hours everything had
been made perfect Al $40 y N. the
airship rose again from the rapidly
flowing Rhine and SCARED momentum
ily over the spot where her injury
had been repaired, then turned her
prov toward Nnycucr, where she ar
rived at II o'clock ana passed over
the gas lighted city almost beyond tn,
view of The populaCe which had gath
cred IN the streets expecting to Wit
ness the passage of the balloon.
Quickly the airship LETT The town
soaring onward for u short
distance then after executing a few
naueuvrrs the craft Wns turned home
ward II the air~hip maintains the
at which Il was travelling today
n should nrriye at Fr~irdrichsnfcn to-
morrow morning.
The quiet villages and small towns
dong the shore of Lax, Constance
,woke this morning to md that the
srtat event for which they had walt
"a for weeks aud months had occur
-ed-Gount Hepprlin's uirship had
started IN an epoch making journey I
a majority of the acant population
u Friedrichshatcn. however, despite
W. W. NNAf 'tAAlNA q A|HAHANhAANNf |
wind thar something was about 20
ana assembled at Munsell up
i0site the floating balloon shed al
.uybreuk
Al a. O'Clock the colossal ship of
air began 10 move slowly and
merged from the shed The airship ,
'rav-d Tor q moment on the surface
10 thr luh. aud then iu q voice that
h"w'd the habit of giving commands Z
shouted Loose an Tho Z
propeller, of tho machine. two
aud 49, aft resembling FISH uus
rgan tu send their drum like melody 81
carried the craft vertically
bout zoe wards in th, uir with prov g.,
armed tby band Then 70 ,lr,Ird BIZ
rHcrtull, and headed for Muus,I .
Tho nirsh.p .urd ou in % business
Hy manner Z
A correspondent OF tho Associated G
f'-- followed the Hirship in ou auto o.