Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
ZEPPELIN MAKES
WONDERFUL TRIP
AVIATOR ARRIVES SAFELY AT
BERLIN
German Emperor and Empress Both
Greet Daring Aeronaut on His
Arrival in the German
Capital
tBy Associated Press. ]


BERLIN, Aug 29.-The airship Yep
pelin III, with Count Zeppelin at the
helm, arrived safely at Berlin a short
time after noon today. The voyage
from Fredrichshafen, where the
start was made Friday, was marked
by an accident to the airship, which
caused a considerable delay at Bitter
field. At that point Count Zeppelin
met the craft and was greeted by the
crown prince, representing the emper-
or. The emperor witnessed the ar
rival.
From one end of Berlin to the other
the shout Zeppelin is here!" rang out
Berlin was happy when it was an
nounced that at 1890 he would appear
over the Templehof parade grounds.
The airship left Bitterfeld in the
morning with the count, Engineer
Burr, who had navigated her from
Friedrichshafen, and eight others
aboard. The motors worked perfectly
and the trip to Berlin was made with
out mishap. Wittenburg and Juter-
| bog were passed amid the cheering of
thousands. Potsdam was thronged
with crowds.
The roofs of houses, church towers
and the open spaces swarmed with
people, who cheered as the vessel
passed. Templehof field was reached
|
peror and empress had motored from
the dedication service. of the newly
| built garrison church. They arrived
at the special tribune constructed in
| the center of the immense field as the
bows of the airship appeared over the
edge of the parade ground The
hundreds of thousands who had gath
! cred there sighted the craft at the
same moment and a roar of cheers
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and the military band played the
national anthem.
ManeuVers His Airship
| Zeppelin meanwhile had descended to
low altitude and carried out series
of intricate evolutions gracefully in
| full view of the people. Then the bal
| looms nose was turned toward the
city, over which it circled for two
hours, in all directions, executing
every manner Of maneuver and ascend
| ing descending, sometimes coming so
close to the earth that spectators could
see the faces of the occupants.
The royal party proceeded to Tegel,
where a small company gathered
around the imperial group on the
shooting range, which was destined to
be the landing place. The city council
ors, military officials and the foreign
attaches, including Captain S. G..
Shartle, the attache of the American
embassy, assembled there to await the
counts arrival.
The emperor, who had specially sent
Professor Hergesell, government COM
missioner on airships, to invite Orville
Wright, the American aeroplanist, and
his sister to join the party, gave them
most hearty welcome. Then the ball
loon came slowly over the field, the
motors stopped and the vessel glided
to the ground. The band played and
the emperor saluted as Count Zeppe-
lin stepped forward. The emperor then
| advanced and shook hands heartily.
He presented Mr.. Wright to the count
and the American aeroplanist and
Count Zeppelin exchanged congratu-
lationS.
| Later. the count seated at his right,
| his majesty proceeded to the castle,
where lunch was served. The specta-
| tors all along the routes shouted
themselves hoarse and waved flags un-
| til the procession disappeared. The
| airship started at 11:24 tonight on its
return voyage to Friedrichshafen
In a talk with Count Zeppelin Mr..
Wright expressed admiration for the
wonderful airship the count had con-
structed. He said he would like to see
experiments with smaller craft on the
same system, however, as vessels such
as those used by the count were too
expensive