The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-07
LOG OF BLIMP
A REAL ROMANCE

of dairy. ag General Maitland
prorp ired at the head Of his l'E
Urig don. Edward VI. Maitland =.
~ a ID g a.. official observer inf
tho British air minlHtry on blafd ln'
R-2A mado public here TO-DAY W.,
official log OF the wurld'h WnAl"H'
nirahip on ita voyage from EaN' ,,,I W' -
tuno. acotland. 10 Minoolh y hn
Story told Ia the log ~ recorded Wy
General Maitland follows .,
"Dtstancea covered were 3" toI.
7owa: .,..,.. N.,,.
foundinnd 1850 sea miles Trinity
bay. Newfoundland. 10 Now f"IN'
l,0S0 son mlics'
The .lory ~ tho flight as entered
IN the log folloWa
"I.ta a. m. "wednesday. July
'-rho II ~ slowly arose from ~"
hands OF tho landing party and VI"
completely swallowed up In N" low
l4nE clouda a a helght Of 100 tt'l
when flying at night poahhy on
account ot the darkness mere 10
always feeling ~ loneliness lmme-
diatnly after leaving the ground the
ipnolincaa on this occasion WhH hcr
rentuated by no faint cheers OF tho
lnnding party coming upward
through the mist after all mgnH OF
the earth had disappeared. 80.
Tho airship rose rapidly l'buu
feel at which height she, emerged
froI& the Iow-lying clbuds nm
headed straight mp the Firth ot
Fourth toward Edinburgh.
Altitude Limited.
"A few minutoa aftor : O'Clock
the Lights OF RnEyth showed up
through break in the clouds, thus
proving brilliantly that The correct
allowance had been made for the
force and direction OF tho wind,
which was 20 mlleSJper hour from
the east
"It shouii he borne In mind that
when an airship sois out on a long
distance voyage carrying her maxi.
mum allowance Of petrol she can
only rise 10 a limited height at th'
outset without throwing some OF d
over as ballast. and that u the air.
ship proceeds on her voyage she can
~ 80 desired. greatly Increase hci
height as the petrol is consumed by
the engine
AN atrship ot this type when mos
OF her pctrolGls consumed. can rls'
To a height OF about li000 feet
"For this reason the next few
hours were one " the most anNiout
scott. the captain OF tho ship, who
owing to the large amount of pctro
carried N,gOO gallons weighing 10
tonsb had to, keep tho ship aar low
ns possible and al the same Tim,
pass over northern Scotland, Vhcr,
the hills rise TO height OF OyU
1000 feet
Air l. "nAmpS"
owing to the Hlormy nature %
the morning tho airgat 500 feet
the height az which tho Uirship wa
travelling was most disturbed am
'humpy, due TO the wind hcIu
broken up boy the mountains 10 m
nd IN. causing violent wind current
anT N'r pockets
The most disturbed condition
we're met in the mouth OF the Clyd,
south ot lloUh l.omoud which rur
rounded hy high mountains locke
particularly beautiful In the era
dawn Nght
"Thc Islands az tho mouth OF ,h
Firth ~ CNdc wore quickly passct
Tho north coast of ireland Hpprarr
t1r time and shortly pNrrwnr
faded away as We headed out ut
the Atlantic
Tho various incidents NJ m
voyage ury set down quito simply u
ihcy occurred nud more or less d
the form uf diary No Wtcmt
has hyru made tu writ. them na
connected STORY (. u trf fhut %
recording each Incident 300 rnis tu.
most of them trivial % frN ut Hu'
importance. % lru.r utyur. of h
voyage win uy obtained
Timo % m. July
"Airsh.r running com -FOUR msu,