Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07

over Nova Scotia. and finally an ap-
peal WAS sent 10 Washington by Lieu
tenant Landsdowue. L. : y. asking it
dcStroyers could bc sent 10 tow the
diriSihlc in case the petrol supply
should be exhausted during the night
Kahn and :or complicated tho prob
lem. and threatening thunderstorm
was seen over the Canadian coast AT
the Bay OF Fundy about 30 y. NJ. The
airShip managed 10 avoid this ny using
All hSc engines. The edge IF the
storm h9Msvnr. save the aviators
, wns! is w Described by the log as the
them had during their air service.
During the storm says the log
some wonderful specimens of cumulo
manln,atus were seen and photographs
ed. These clouds always indicate A
very highly pcrturbed state of at
moSpheTe and look rather like bunch
"i grapes. The clouds dropped into
small festoons."
Meet Another storm.
About go l.. NJ the weather cleared
again. but at 2:50 another thunder
Storm was encountered. and the course
i han TO , be ehansed 70 avoid it. Chat
SUNDAY morning. After passing over
Mar,ha's Vineyard At $50 \. IT.. Ma
?or 5foii decided he had jus, enough
put that ne would not have enough
Tor his original plan of circlinc over
->eW York before landing
IN ne .anuins was made at 1884 A. NJ
p!sSusslhS the trin. Major c. Herbert
oenIs. commander OF the airship. said.
~, ne sosase was very enjoya bic
anH most snSe .ss ono. The total
!"tlcdsc WAS 800 miles. ami wc COW
.:ca ina distance in los hours and IL
minutes. The thunderstorms and sonar.
n wD,eh a, We encountered on tho way
over caused The delay. We will lcawa
ior nome on Tuesday morning about an
nour neiore daybreak. probably about
or O'clock. do nor expect the
hours. seNeni!
There was crew OF twenty men
= = noaTa. and not one Of them suffered
f ie s k,an OF Illness We were All in
nta only gasoline enough 10 last three
=. ."U, hours more and YOU can sec
Va were very fortunate.
stoMnwny Is Discovered.
lor S'S noG SSo, ai,er We had lef, Eas,
;"und aboard Ills name is is. "
"a lantine, and he lives in Cornwall
!. - 8 anu. ~ one time he was mem
pieled 1rranGcments for this trim /.
WAS decided not TO take him on hoa -d
10: various reasons, which do no;
now wish 10 disclose.
when the stowaway was discove-ea
OF course we did not wish 10 drop him
on. so We put him TO work. and he did
100 S'lT'' u tUc WorR on the VOYAGE
~. WI! not make the return trip. but
WI! remain here. and in the near future
1 expect he will be court-martialed
pSt do not think he will be subjected
20 any severe punishment
ne only change in the crew on tho
way back Will he the addition Of Liar
Hant-ComnlandeI W. a Hensiev NJ
the United States naval air service
VINO VIII take the place of Commando
Zachary LanSdowne.
tn" altitude varied on the trim. At
times We flew as low as 400 feet while
al others we were as high as 5000 70
1000 feet" ~
Flight Very Succesafui.
BriGadier- General Edward NJ. Matt,
and, the official observer, said:
~ was very successful flight. We
made II in los hours and IL minutes
We hardly saw the ocean on the trip
We encountered two thundcrstorms be-
tween Nova Scotia and New York We
never lost our position for n moment
We saw the American destroyer in the
Bay of fCndy and We're in communi-
cation with them. They very kindly
oHered Their assistance, but nasmuch
As tho weather had changed il was not
needed
At > o'clock Sunday morning. New
York time. the wind changed and we
decided 20 fy 10 New York instead OF
Hoston. We did not feel sick The
snip pitched lightly. bu; most Of the
timo u was on "a level keel. The pitch
ing was only noticed in the thunder
storms The object OF the flight is 10
demonstrate the future Of the rigid
diriEihlc machines for transatlantic
work