Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-14
R-:A LANDS IN ENGLAND.
MAKING TRIP IN Is HOURS
Completes Return Voyage as Pioneer
Lighter-Than-Air Craft on Route
Across Atlantic.

I pressed surprise. They had been at
sea some time and did not know about
US"
Brig. Gen. E NJ Maitland. the rep
the R-S4. who kept the log of the
voyage. said:
| I'VE were sent by the air ministry
to demonstrate that airships can do
| long sea voyage. with the ultimate
| view of their commercial use later.
| AirshipS undoubtedly will be used in
| the future over sea and over land
They will not conflict in any way
with the airplane or seaplane. but all
will work together The airshlp VIII
go on long voyages. while the other
flyers will radiate for short distances
from the airship termini.
Our reception in America was ex-
traordinary. The people there. i'm
pressed with our voyage, fully reailze
the commercial possibility OF the big
, airship. 1t was wonderful slgnt as
we passed over the great electric
signs in New York the signs being
particularly bright spots below
Ready for Another Trip.
The members of the crew OF the
R-34 were disappointed because they
were not able to land at East Fortune,
where most of them have their homes
They were taken in charge by the OIL
ficers at Pulham and provided win
clothing. as they had nothing put
their flying clothes on the SHIP. All
were glad to get back. but said they
were anxious to make another trip.
being confident that their successful
adventure was only the beginning of
a life which will include not only
transatlantic flights. but regular trips
to other countries. particularly IN
Europe and Asia. All agreed that
tailed harder work
than many other duties of flying.
The RIA rested today in the shed
beside her sister ship. the R-33. Mai
Scott and the other officers OF the di-
rigible. after resting today. will pre-
pare tomorrow to return the R-34 to
East Fortune, her home port.
The officers will make careful ex-
animation of the machinery and the
envelope to ascertain how they stood
the test of the long voyage. They ex-
pressed the belief that the stern en-
CINE had been damaged beyond repair.
as the connecting rod had broken and
wrecked the engine. The other en-
gines worked perfectly to the last
minute, but will be gone over in
search for strain defects before the
ship again takes the air.
Maj. Scott also will examine the
envelope, which appears to have stood
the test well.
No date has been fixed for the re-
turn of the R-34 to East Fortune.
New York's Bright Lights.
The log of the R-34 on its eastern
trip. as on it's voyage westward, was
kept by Brig. Gen. Edward Maitland.
representative of the British air min
istry on the dirigible.
The log says that after an extreme
~ good getaway" New York looked
wonderful at midnight and was a
veritable fairyland of twinkiing
lights. The searchlights at first made
very unsuccessful search. but
finally got US fair and square" The
great electrical signs of New York,
the log says, illustrate the great i'm
portance of aerial advertisement
At distance of 1000 feet above
New York the air was disturbed.
from the city and partly because Of
an approaching cyclone from the
great lakes. The airship was very
steady under the circumstances.
headed for her Scottish base at an
estimated speed Of seventy four mfle>
an hour, getting the full benefit of
t tdrt s s,,2 wind from the south
crossed the American coast line
Four engines were running at that
time. while fifth was being rested.
An entry in the log here says:
Some hot coffee from a vacuum
flask presented by kind American
friends was very nice and warming"
BY 9:15 o'clock Thursday morning
the dirigible had covered $50 miles
from New York. The mail was then
sorted. 1t included letters for King
George, the British foreign ONCE,
other governmental departments ami
number of newspapers the log add ,
ing:
We hope this Journey will prove
the fastest newspaper delivery be-
tween New York and London yet ac-
complished and will be the fore run
ner Of q regular interchange of nail