Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

'er conditions during which time an
air distance Of roughly 2,4o0 miles
was covered.
"At the conclusion. Of this flight the
ship was taken over from the ad-
miralty by the air ministry and tho
airship was quickly overhauled TOR
the journey to the United States.
The date and time of sailing del
cided upon was Q a. M. on the morn
ing Of Wednesday,. July 2. and the
the air ministry to be at East Fortune
the day Previous
Ssarted-Ea<ay.
sAtr1:3o~a.. m... on 't1e+ eariy.morn--
Ing Of Wednesday. July 2. the air.
actually o k-theAair nineteen minutes
later. thus starting on her long voy:
age exactly eighteen minutes In ad-
vance OF scheduled time"
The story Of the flight -assentered;
in the log follows:
"1:42 a. m. Wednesday. July 2.
1.-THE R-34 slowly rose from tho
completely swallowed up- in the low
lying clouds at a height of, 100 feet
When flying at night, possibly on &C
count Of the darkness, there .issatways
a feeling Of loneliness Immediately
after leaving the ground. The loneli-
nses. onsthfs occasion was a~ccentuated
by the faint cheers Of the lending
mist, after. all signs of the. earth had
disappeared.
The airsh1p rose rapidly 1900 feet.
at which ihet6ht,she emerged from the
low-lying cloudssand headed straight
up the Firth of Forth toward Edin-
burgh.
| 1fo1<o ~ Dnz~Ah nh~-AS S1~ $A~assnI
a break in the clouds. thus proving
hat the correct allowance had been
made for the force and direction of
the wind which was 20 miles per hour
from the east.
at should be borne in sminds;that
when an airship sets outs;on aIlong
distance voyage carrying her maxi
rise to a limited height at the&out-
! set without throwing some Of it over
board as ballast and hat as the air.
ship proceeds on her voyage she can
II so desired gradually Increase her
height as the petrol is consumed by
the engine.
IAN airship Of this type when most
to a height Of about $4,000 feet.
Anxious Hours.
For this reason the next few
hours were one OF the most ANXIOUS
periods during the flight . for Major
I-Scott, the captain of the ship, who
owing to the large amount of petrol
carried (4,900 gallons Weighing 1873
tons) had to keep the ship as low as
possible and at the same time pass
over, northern Scotland where the hills
rise to q height of ove 1000 fest.
lowing to the stormy nature of the
morning the air at 1900 feet-the
height at which the airship was tray-
eling-was most disturbed. and
'bumpy' due to the wind being broken
up by the, mountains to;s the north,
causing violent wind currents and air
pockets
'The most disturbed conditions
were met In the mouth Of the Clyde,
south of Loeb Lomond. which. looked
particularly beautiful IN the, gray
drawn light. z.E8
1.-The Islands at the mouth of the
Firth Of Clyde were quickly passed.
The north coast Of Ireland appeared
for I, timezand shortly afterward tad
ed away-as werheaded out into the At
lantic. 1900
'sThe various Incidents OF the voy-
age are set down. quite simply as they
occurred and more o less. In the form
Of a diary.&No attempt has been: made
to writesthem as q connected3S4tcry.
1t is felt that, by recording sachslnci-
dent in this way, most Of themstrtyial.
a few of.svttal importance. asstFYAr pic
ture Of the voyage will be ebt2tned.