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D734 COMPLETES .
HER OCEAN NFL|GHI
Lands Safely at Roosevelt Field A.
ter Trip Across Atlantic Of 100 .
Hours-Gssoline Supply Al tY
most Gave out-crex AZ
Tired But Happy. ~
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Mineola, N. Y, July '6.-GreA
Britian's super-dirigable, R-34, aIe
first lighter than air machine to cr.H
the Atlantic ocean, anchored here q
Roosevelt Flying Field at 9:45 a n
today (1:54 p. m. Greenwich mem
time) after an aereal voyage of 1s8
hours and IL minutes, which covered
$3.50 knots, or approximately $3.50
land miles. ...
Passing through dense benln f
clouds with the sun and sea vis71e
only at rare intervals, the R-34 uH
forced to cruise 2,050 knots to re1dh
Trinity Bay, N. F., from East Fortzze
Scotland, and 1,0s0 knots from thee
to Mineola.
When, the super-Zeppelin arrived
here she had left enough petrol b
keep her moving 80 minutes lonxx
Her crew, almost sleepless for fsE
and one-half days, were weary almsat
to the point Of exhaustion, but harry
at the successful completion Of theE
epoch making trip. The return vsy-
age viii be started Tuesday at $50
a. m. .
Haggard, unshaven, their eyes
blood-shot from the long vigil and
lines of care bitten deeply into their
faces, Major H. G. Scott, commandeza
and his officers showed plainly the e.,
fects of the anxious hours through
which they lived yesterday while f0
were cruising over the far reaches sf
Canada and the Bay of Fundy, be..k
by fog, heavy winds and terrific ellen
trio storms:
"It seemed as though the atn8-
phere was haunted by 5000 devax-
said Lieut.. Guy Harris, the metruss-
gist officer. -.
With the R-34 long overdue at 7ts
destination, petrol supply runnlG
winds. Major Scott decided yesterday
while over the Bay of Fundy to sesd
al wireless call to the American navy
department to be prepared to gme
assistance if it were needed ME
was merely a measure of preranan
and did not indicate discouragemezk
! Wh&e destroyers and submafE
chasers were racing to her assistzzee
the R-34 was plugging steadily q
the way to Mineola. Once Ilsar,1
the Bay of Fundy, the atmosphnH
hoodoo which had beset the cr.at
from the time it took the air We
gradually Left in its wake :-x4
The R-34> headed southwest s1t
across the Atlantic along the coat
of Maine, her nose pointed for caFe
Cod, with the U. S. destroyer Ran.
croft hanging on her tail anafs. sun--
slant wireless Communication with
her. The destroyer stuck close IN
the wake of the air monster, running
under forced draft, until Cape Gdd
was reached and then the dj..gibls
cut across lots.
It had been decided on the voy2g
along the coast that unless favor.
ing wind came up the R-34 would be
forced to land at Montauk Point and
early this morning wireless message
was sent out making that annoNnre-
ment. With the cape left behind.
however, fortune finally favored the
dirigible and the wind veered to her
favor. Headed straight for Montauk
Point she ran true and before tho
tip end of Long Island was reached
it was decided to go on to Mineofa.
With the goal almost in sight the RIA
flew najestIcally above the island
and headed straight down the center
CT it for Roosevelt Field, 100 miller
away.
IS she cros2<i the riyociaad the d.
rigible ccr'e within rcnge of the wnes
less teierhore ;3s:::l "a at Roosevelt
Field by the navy radio service xpa
perfect communication was eS2h-
lished. During the night the wirelee
calls from the R-34 were receveaIy