Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-04
Thousands See Flight.

HASht at the earliest possible moment to-
uay mad peen announced last evening ana
people began TO lalner at tile nanear "a.
uay ureaK. InIs crowd srew to severa.
thousand at 500, wnen the ascent was
...aue.
Business in Atlantic City was pracIi-
cany suspended Muite the craft VAS II.
,iic AR. lie siren oi hear.y zee pioh.
4iiiiuunCeQ tue uepd. cure from tnc ndlISai,
aha TINS uroue,lt everybody in,u Tue
aucetS. There Was uiucu eltnusldSm
the Aaron Saiie0 niaJes,icaiiy Over the
niSn buildings. " nis.les were D,own anu
.ne erowds cneered. tonowins Ine air
loiLoDnts.
Nalln.an was at the hangar, tinkering
at the airshlp. before daylight. HIS crew
arrived at = am. ana prepared tor the
start.
ne morning was misty and there was
some delay. Finally, shortly after .
. cock, he held a consultation with the
crew. Boys, If You are with me, II.
try it" sad Nanlman. I'VE are sure
with you.' came the reply in chorus, ano
tnen the final preparatlons were COM
pleted
Helped Launch Airship.
City firemen and policemen were sent
for to help get the bulky aircraft out 0.
the hangar. and when they arrived an.
each was instructed to hold fast to lon.,
thin ropes attached to the gas bag the
great canvas front of the hangar was
drawn aside like curtain and the croNu
cneeIeo. IN the meanIime lne crew hiio
clln.ued aboard. me nrst "memoer'' o.
the crew paced in the snip was '.rrent,
the maltese cat Wnicn went up With the
Ameri,a from here last year and was
rescued along with the crew by the
cfA
mans crew is composed oil the follow
ing:
Calvin Naniman. his brother; Capt.
ThouiaS Bo.tScnei, the navigator: jack
irwin, wireless operator; LOUIS Loud an.
george hiuiard, French mecnaniclan
Larger Than America.
The airship went up without her life
boat or the hydro elevator which Will
take the place of the equiiibrator, which
was feature of the America. Only d.
small supply of gasoline was in the tanA
for the ..isnt. The Akron carried tw.
pairs of propellers, but on the long nign,
across the ocean Sne VIII carry tnie.
pans. Inc sas Das Is .b> feet long,
a,pouu thirty Ieet longer than tnat or the
america.
Alter leaving the beach at forty mile
an-hOur speed the airsnip swooped Ovei
the city nail and later darted Dack to-
ward the Inlet. The big craft hovere.
IN tue vicinity of the hangar for a tew
minutes and then went across the mead
ows, wnere it gave the mainland treat
,diilng as Iar as Apsecon, waere ii ma
neuvered tor some minutes.
Is Forced to Descend.
While near Pleasantville the airship
came to earth, and practically the whole
town ran to the spot. 1t was at first
cared that the ship had met with de-
.ect. but after remaining the grouna
about ten minutes the Akron again went
aioft Vaniman sent the balloon up slow
~ and sailed rather low over the dreary
meadows. He maneuvered over the
swampy land, and two mics out on the
meadows the airShip came --own to the
ground, went UP and again came down.
This time she was in trouble, but the ma
ture of Ii was not known at the hangar.
The location of the landing was sucn as
TO make it impossible to get quick infor-
nation. At i2:D the balloon began to
move again and appeared to be in tow
of dredge. The bottom OF the saip hare
ly cleared the meadow grass. The trou-
bic is believed to have been with the gas
bag.