The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-23
AIR ROUTE FOR PASSENGERS
ZEPPELIN SHIP INACCURACIES
REGULAR SERVICE.

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BEHLN. June 21.-The hrVt Commercial
airshlp voyage was successfully mads
to-day when the huge Deutschland. Counl
zeppslinS monster dirigible. plloted 10y
the Count himself. iOurneyed from Fried
richshafen 20 Dnassldori. a 100 mile trip
with ak passengers.
Tho Deutschland started from Fried
richshAfen AZ o'clock in the morning
she reached Ulm at 80. her average
speed hStween tho two PLACES being
forty miles an hour. Stuttgart was
reached at Q. Mannheim just before 8.
BlnRun az .. COblenE at $50. Bonn az I
Cologne at II.7O and Dusseldorf Just
before noon
Count Zeppelin kept tho Airship AZ q
height Of from 10 70 800 yards The
distance between Mannheim and Dasael.
dori WAs covered in four hours, Il takes
an express train siK hours to run betwoen
the two cities.
The average speed Of the whole trip
was about thirty-thres miles an hour
There we're thirteen people on board.
including the six pAssengerS. A waiter
served cold food and drinks during the
trip.
The voyage marks a new era in aerial
navigation. The flight was the first Of
q regular scheduled service that IL TO be
ihAuguFated.
Under clear skies and with practically
no wind 10 mar or rstard the giant craft
assembled from its shed in the early dawn
Count Zeppelin himself was a. the helm.
and HE pasaengeFs consisted Of members
Of the Hamburg American Steamship
Lane. the German AiTahip Stock Company
and q number Of close friends
From tho start the journey was without
hitch or accident Of any kind. The
giant twin propellera were in perfect
working order and they drove the big
craft through the gentle breeSes at a
steady pace.
The route lay over Stuttgart Mann
helm and Cologne. and o. each Of these
places monster crowds attracted by adj
vance notices had gathered 10 witness
tho fight. They gave vent n their en- q.
thusiasm with the ringing Of bells. the
firing Of guns. the footing Of whistles
and by yells from thousands Of threats
Each Of the cities was reached At almost
the exact minute named in the schedule.
Telegraph wires flashed the news on
ahead. and the enthusiasm q the crowds
grew a. bulletins in from, Of the news
paper Offices and at other public places
announced the progress Of the fight,
The passengers on board spent the
time in the big mXuri ously appointed
stateroom Teasing their eyes on the
scenery which few pAst bepeath them.
The vieW. they said after the trip. was
magnificent
The big airHhip swung 20 her landing
~ Dusseldorf about n0On Big crowds
Wsre on hand and the passengers. and par
ticularly the builder. received demon
stFativs welcome.
Tickets for other scheduled trips are
alr0ady on sale and those thus far sold
have brought from i75 70 so each. On
forthcoming trips guests will dine IN the
ships restaurant and will have all the
convenience Of travellers IN railway
Pullman car
Count Zeppelin and his fellow passen-
gers became the guests % Dusseldorf upon
ihsir arrival there to-day They were
entertained At a public dinner ami were
lioniEsd upon every appearance ON the
streets The city is Eayly decorated
in honnr Of the event