Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-11
THE INTERIOR OF A ZEPPELIN
Capture ~ One In Franc Permits Of
First InEestizstiOn-

Fl'Nn ne N1ric o. very femlh1
with me o5s-de shape Of ZepDelins
lt j. only since ihe great disaster 70
He Zeppelin feet which ATTEMPTED
. raid F.nsdand and came 70 grief IN
franc. that Ine Interior of these mon
sterz = the air h7s been exposed %
encmy eye-. f-fs-ons of the I've
which came % sroUn1 ~ France
hded practically gndaulaged and her
ofrears and ereN Nere prevented from
destrOylrg her.
20 scoIeT were the L-fs and the
L.51--cEe OF the ne~-t types-o5-
ser sd over eastern France az day
light come On. Octo5er 20. thsa squad
rcns = a.rplares took the sky n pur-
sln- L-50 escaped. bgt LIE vas IN
able 10 shake or the air mosquitoes
stfacSing her. and over the small
town ~ B0urOCnneies-E Eains The last
stages Of the batiie were fought. The
airshlp was then about one thousand
fef above lhe ground and seemed on
the IJ1nt u coi!zLze. Turning about.
however she made another effort 20
get away. but az isst cane qloViy
loNu. with her stern hallway 10 a
small hiii. and her TOW resting IN the
ftte stream. Apanse Alrpianes
~ opcd down and prepared 70 land.
Ih" Zeppelin commander ard mis- crew
leap cut. and the fOrrner endear ored
n destroy the airship. IN this he 1as
pres ented by French sportsman who
"n coming ogt Ot soOd Jntth his
gun threatened the German cornrczr-
der .gIth Instant death n ne Tired the
Zeppelin. The Germans surrendered.
Experts were summoned and p tech
ricai examination made This re-
tcaie1 I.-fq's length % be ifs meters
tahout 80 feet. There are five mo-
iors. Zach Of $50 horsepower one in
the forward car. one N cach n the
SIDE cars. and tWJ IN the roar car.
She was flying the German naval
Tag With black crOss. bearing the
eagle in the middlc. and an iron cross
On the left, a decoration doubtless
conferred after one of her four JOUR
neys 20 England Outside the air
ship ~ painted black. but inside the
central gallery. which runs practically
he whole length Of the ship. every
thing Is yellowish In color. from he
met1i work to the ballOnets In the
central gallery Wnih are ranged neat
~ IN compartments. are all sorts Of
spare parts-OXygcn apparatus for the
use Of the crew la Rrea attitudes and
li'ebnoys IN case Of wreck NJ yea.
baul grenadNs. paT8chutes. etc She
was able 10 carry about II. 800 kllO-
grams tatOUt eleven and ouc-half
tonsj ~ cxplOaIves and she had very
well fitted Up wireless room.
Examination also revealed TINT In
the construction. II the framework OF
a Zeppelin from ten 20 twelve tons
of aluminium are employed The COW
ering OF the eighteen balloons en-
closed inside the big cutter envelope
is r1ade ~ cotton substance. lined with
goldbeater's skin. instead Of with rub
ber. and the quantity used Is so large
that the lntestines Of 10000 cattle 20
20 tho making of material for one
Zeppelin. Each OF the eighteen bal
looms Is fitted with a valve separated
from those on each side Of IL by a fun
mel 10 carry off the explosive mix
ture OF the hydrogen OF the balloons.
tho oxygen OF the nir. and the gases
given Off by the engines When all
five motors are working together-one
contained in the forward car. one in
each II the two side cars. and Two
In the rear car--thc speed attained Is
HNty-eight miles per hour. but as ?
rule, al the engines are not used az
one time and the normal rate Of
flisht ~ fiom fifty 10 ntty-six miles
Der hour The ordinary crew con-
lists OF twenty-five men. but during
raids only eighteen are carried.
The cubic capacity OF the present
Ieppelins is from fifty thousand 10
sixty thousand cubic meters about
l.OGO.0 900 cubic feeD. or about ten
times the capacity OF the first that
we're built, and they are being made
at tho rate Of about two a month.