The sun., 1919-07-07

Scott. His face. although smiling,
showed the strain. He was chad In the
conventional. bulky air costume. which
was little suited to the atmosphere into
which he had Just descended Very
calmly, as If fearful that the act might
be construed as giving vent to emotion.
he and Gen. Lionel Z. O Charlton. Brit
| ish Air Attsche here. shook hands Brig
| Gen. b. NJ. Maitland. d. 8. O.. director
I Of the lighter than air division Of the
| British Air Ministry. speedily Joined the
| Captain. Unlike Major Scott he had
had time to shave and had doffed his
Teddy bear.
| Little sleep for Voyagers.
arimy mechanics and equally srimy
officers also plunged out on the Geld,
| glad despite their love of the air. to
have real dirt under their feet again.
None of the men had had much more
| than an occasional snatch of sleep. and
all. despite their smiles were on the
verge of exhaustion. All were hustled
to shower baths. but they scorned the
| services Of masseurs who had been sum
| mored to take the kinks out of their
bones.
The crowd which had gathered outside
| the little white flags placed in most
cases as far as a half or even q mile
I away from the R-34 was compelled to
devote its attention only to the airship,
for her crew was but a number Of dots
| in the distance. The airship itself, as
she glittered in the sun. was, however,
wonderful sight. Unlike the little
ca, q navy "blimp' which was cruising
overhead. the R-34 showed the iongi-
tudinal frame work which enabled her
I to resist the buffets of the Atlantic
winds. Her vast size, even at that dis
tsnce. was as patent as that OF the
Mauritania amid a feet of tugs She
showed no III effects OF the voyage as
far as the crowd could see. although she
vas not or one single silver sheen. as is
the ca.
AT her stern flew the white ensign OF
the British navy. The sign of a COM
nissioned ship the Union Jack, was at
the PROV.
The people who came to view the R-34
were by no means pleased at the dead
line established by the military police
Many after the first surprise at the
great bulk of the visiting ship, left i'm
msdiately when they found that the club
OF an NJ. P. interviewed between them
and more than a long distance view
of the big ship, Protests that tho reason
the RIA had come over here was that
she might be seen by the American peo-
ple were poured into the more or less
attentive ears of the soldiers. but the
deadline remained.
Those who had tickets to the grand
stand were but little better off. for even
from this vantage point it took a very
powerful glass to survey the gondolas
and other details of the airship. So
angry did most OF the crowd become that
they faded away within an hour after
the landing OF the R-34. leaving behind
them trails of inAammable language.
Among the oncials who came to the
field to see the British craft yesterday
were Major-Gen. Charles T. Monoher
Col. c. D. F. Chandler. Col. A. l.. Fuller
and Commander CT. C. Westervelt, one
of the designers of the NC flying boats
the visit of one OF which TO England, the
NC-4, the British airship is now repay
ing
The people Of this country will have
very little opportunity to see the R-34,
as 1t is probable that the ship will only
circle over New York early tomorrow
morning before starting for home. Lieut.
Col. Lucas spoke of the possibility Of
the airship going TO Washington before
starting for England. but tho state Of the
weather makes this uncertain.
The thunderstorm yesterday after
noon was not enjoyed by Major Scott or
his fellow officers. He regards thunder
storms with great abhorrence, and char
acterizes as the most ticklish moment
the R-34's flight through a violent thun-
der and lightning storm at the Bay OF
Fundy He would not care to repeat this
Performance. as the danger Of Gre or Of
lightning striking the rudders or ele-
waiting planes Of his craft is too great.
Feat of Navigator.
The almost insuperahle atmospheric
dihicultios encountered by the R-34 were
illustrated strikingly by an entry In the
official log, which shows that G.. G. H.
Cooke, the navigating officer. on one o.
casion climbed sighty-five feet to thu
very top OF the ship TO use the sextant
for an observation of the sun and TO take
tho cloud horizon. Telling Of the weather
difficulties. Lieut.. Harris. the meteoro-
logical officer. said:
I'VE had no really bad weather until
We reached a point Off the coast OF
Newfoundland. when we ran into a
shallow atmospheric depression. There
we hit everythinS-heaYy rain. thick
fog and low visibility. We got up over
the fog at an altitude of 3.70U feet and
at that level we were between two layers
of clouds The lower level was a heavy
rain cloud.
Last night the weather was terrible
II seemed as though the atmosphere
was haunted by 5000 devils and we
were shaken to the core. The ship
seemed as though she was going to
break into bits. rising and falling like a
cork on a heavy sea. At times I be-
heye she stood up 80 degrees into the
air. / didR't get a bit OF sleep last
night--in fact none of US did, don't
believe ] slept more than twelve hours
on the entire trip.
IL have had a rather extensive ex-
perence with weather conditions on the
Atlantic and expected bad weather. but
never thought that IL would be as bad
as, II was. The most unusual thing, L
believe, was the extreme violence of the
bumps in regions where they were
totally unexpected, Usually with bumpY
weather we expect a. certain amount Of
clouds, but last night We got the most
violent bumps at points where there
were no clouds at all.
THE weather situation on the At