The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-28
The Zeppelin Airship

were sent in from every corner of the
empire. Subscription lists were open
ed at once in Berlin, Bremen, Stuttgart
and other towns and cities in Germany
and Switzerland to provide funds for
the construction of successor to the
lost airship. a check from the impe-
rial councillors for $4,000, an advance
on the budget appropriated by the
state for aeronautical experiments, was
sent on to the count Immediately
Opinions on the part of experts in
regard to the Zeppelin and it's type
of airships for practical war purposes
following the accident were many and
varied. Some felt that it showed the
airship would be of value only as a
fortress balloon, especially the rigid
and semirigid type like the Zeppelin,
the other German and French war bal
looms, in contrast to the cOllapsible
kind Ordinary war balloons) hereto
fore used by the United States and
other governments, All the latter can
be Debated at once, which was not
true of the destroyed Zeppelin or any
Of It's predecessors or it's successor,
which have had an aluminium skin,
y
impossible Many authorities took the
other point of view and asserted that
the accident to the Zeppelin was what
might happen to any airship, and did
not dsprove the possibility and the
probability of such machines becoming
real factors in the wars of the future.
Where an ordinary airship or balloon
conld be punctured when within gun
range. the aluminium covering of ma
chimes like the Zeppelin would render
such a possibility remote, especially
from small arms.
Over 81 100000 were subscribed for
the new Zeppelin, whose speedy con-
struction was made possible through
the unchanged condition of much Of
the machinery of the Zeppelin ". The
new airship made its initial appearance
in October. 1t carried ten passengers
and went through evolutions, which
for speed and stability could not be
surpassed At an average height of
800 feet the machine went through
these evolutions and attained a speed
of about twenty-four miles an hour,
travelling for over three hours. At the
height of 1000 feet a wonderful exhi-
bition was given, the craft turning to
the right and left and then spinning
. completely around at an angle of IS
degrees 1t raised its bow and its
stern alternately. and made short,
sharp dashes in any direction the en-
gineer desired. 1t was wonderful
display of the absolute control of the
machine.
Later in the same month the Kai-
ser : brother, Prince Henry, who Wis
tied this country, was a passenger and
for long time steered the machine
On this trip the airship stayed up seven
hours. Twenty-Five miles an hour,
against the wind. were scored; on the
return trip this was sent up to thirty.
The successful trip enjoyed by Prince
Henry induced the crown prince to fly,
too. so in November last Frederick
Wilhelm boarded the airship and sail
ed from Friedrichshafen to Donauesch
ingen. at Baden, where the Kaiser
himself was met. The airship follow
ed the imperial train into the town at
an altitude of between 400 and GOO
feet. the crown prince talking to his
roval father through gaphone and
the Kaiser acknowledging this by
waving his hand.
Last, but not least, the Kaiser him
self decided to fly with Count Zeppe
lin. On the day scheduled one of his
staff, much resembling the German
ruler, did ascend, and the news was
teegraphed all over the world tha:.
the Kaiser had gone up This was af
forwards proven to be an error. though
there is certainty that the indefati-
gable Emperor will be found one of
these days flying in the Zeppelin. in
which he has ever maintained the most
thorough interest. This interest is so
keen that largely through his own sug
gestion, following a report by the spe-
ciaI commission appointed by the War
Department, the German Government
has purchased the Zeppelin. This