Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
A|RSH|P WELCOMED
/ BY GREAT THR0NG
| AT TPULHAM HANGAR
Anchors at Field at 6:56
O'clock on Sunday
Morning.
RETURN VOYAGE WITHOUT
INCIDENT, STATES SCOTT
Damaged Engine Breaks Down,
Delaying Progress Slightly in
Later Stages of Trip.
GASOLINE SUPPLY PLENTIFUL
Crew Fries Eggs in Exhaust Pines OF
Motors and Has Sufficient
Food.
RETURN VOYAGE WITHOUT
INCIDENT, STATES SCOTT
GASOLINE SUPPLY PLENTIFUL
Crew Fries Eggs in Exhaust Pipes OF
Motors and Has Sufficient
Food.
tRy Associated Press

PULHAM, NORFOLK, ENGLAND
July l3.-Great Britain's mammoth
air pioneer. the dirigible Raj, arrival
here at 6:56 o'clock Greenwich mean
time) today. completing her round trim
from the British Isles to tho United
States and return
The RIA poked her nose out OF the
clouds northeast of the village. and.
after circling the flying field three
times Glided gently to the ground, and
ten minutes later was housed In the
diriEible shed. The voyage from Long
Island was without particular incident.
seventy-five hours.
shouts from those on the field greet
ca the hrst sight of the long gray body
low on the horizon. As the R-34 ap-
height of 5000 feet to 1000 feet. The
men whol were to aid the airship IN
,amding ,adns we're ordered to their posi-
eircled the field, dropping lower and
lower. 7| s--rsF'.- -.
Wien. Major G, H. Scott her COM.
into position for the landing, tha watAr
ballast was released to steady her. and
a rope was thrown from the bow. The
tHe Hee riant Mas grasped shn by eager hands aud
10 fo the shed, where tho delicate opera
tion OF berthing her was completed
HuiehiS without accident.
Military Band Plays.
a m military tniy band stationed on the field
ship began to settle. and then changed
TO the strains Of See. the Conuuering
Hero Comes" AS the ship was warped
the Home Fires Burning -
me crowd was too intent in watch.
,hs ,hs the snip to notice the music. while
me a1,a,SIa ,wShirr Of the propellers made it in
IN, - u
The tired, unshaven, but smiling
men VINO composed the crew quickly
climbed c,.mbed from the gondoa. and were
on the back by the officers and SOL;
diers gathered on the field
The voyage home has been without
,ne.aent. 10 s r said Major Scott. I'VE
the beiated luxury OF his little bIsci
PIPE: PIP smoking ismokinG not being permitted on
OF the return flight as follows:
;, We estimated that we would make
!. hs In n, e from ,.,Se seventy to eighty hours
When, we left we had a strong wind
behind us. and We covered the frst
sH 500 miles miles in about eight hours When
plainly see the crowds in Broadway
waving TO us as we passed, but we
could not hear them because OF the
morse OF the engines.
South Of Newfoundland we encoun-
tered head winds. and our progress
from then on was slower. We tray-
ta e,ed at oaa an ,as average height Of from 5000
clouds and fog. Once we saw nothins
hu! fog for twenty four hours. -. -
n,aGs Ave .ap1 str1ck Ireland at clifden, and,
though our steering engine broke down
saturday morning. We started with
1900 gallons of gasoline and had 1000
We are naturally pleased with the
trip. all of US. expect important
chances chan In the size and speed of fu-
seventy to eighty miles an hour and
powerful enough to crawl through
Colonel w. n. Hensfey' sa Jr. FTP; Of sa,e tbe
United States Army air service, as he
e,im6sd ens %boin out Of the car we were lost
thick we could not set a shot at the
sun, moon. stars or horizon. but we
worried cut OF it and struck the irish
Man about o'clock this morninK. ana
then mounting above the clouds. wit-
nesseq mess r. q hrios nest beautiful sight. Above
clouds @ tne orSnd m99n; ,3 below soft eecy
the rainbow and far down below occas
sionallS could be seen the. dark deep
t;n,s p,ne o, OF .he sea; But we did not have
time 10 admlre the beauty of the scene.
Sufficient Food Served.
we soon passed over Liverpool and
then other cities and towns and here.
we are. We suffered no hardships and;
no inconveniences except that we had
no hot water for shaving. Our eggsa
were cooked on the erhaust of the en-
zines and We had plenty OF good food
and coffee. tea and cocoasto drink No
one suffered from air sickness and
while the sea below was tossed BY n
i,orty-mile gale we were moving along
In comfort on an even keel. -
Regular airship service betweens
europe and America is bound to come
and soon" = ,Ssf
The members OF the crew were ean.
erly surrounded by friends. who were
waiting at the a!rdrome. George Ora
nam. the chief engineer, proudly car
ried his pet kitten. which was born
at East Fostune. The kitten suffered
no inconvenieEce curing the trip and
manifested Its denght on reaching land
again by jumping on the backs of itxs
masters friends, 80
we were never out OF touch with
the world, although we met q lot OF &
foR. said Lieutenant RID. Duraftt,} shA
wireless officer: 1T was HOT III, Ne ".
you see what II Is hore. we sIgnaied.
two ships the Cumberland, and one gts.G
Ing to Mexico. When they asked IA \
who we were we said that Wi I ~ "a, = 4,