The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-29
DIRIGIBLE, LOST,
NEARLY C0LLIDES
WITH SKYSCRAPER
CONTINUAL rnnM pAnn ONE

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Lower New York only to find II
self under a starless sky and en-
relepod In n fog. HesitatinK to de-
seend again 10 determine his where
abouts lest In descending he might
again come in collision line with the
tall structures OF Lower New York,
Capt. william Kepner sailed out
over the fog-draped area for several
miles.
Descending again finally. tho ship
came suddenly upon Conoy island.
Dropping still further in an effort
To discern the elevated tracks IA a
possible guide line through the
darkress. the dirig!hle managed 10
tra!l n speeding elevated train FOR
mile or two.
Narrowly Misses Smokcstack.
A sharp command from Captain
kepner and the dirlgble made a
fierce upward lungc at steep banS
to the left. Refusing TO be dis
couragcd. Captain Kepncr drove the
dlrlgiblo In what no believed to he
the direction of New York city. The
fog fooled him, After sailing %
minutes at great speed, tho com.
mandcr found he was far out In the
Atlantic, He turned the diriglhlc'S
head toward Coney island again.
believing he could take his track
from that point, But an electrical
storm broke. Rocked by the wind,
the dir!gible plowed on. The com
mander ventured to drop 400 feet
in his grim determination TO prove
that a dirlgible can master flying
at night under odds. A single glnr-
Ing Hight gave the crew courage
The light puzzled the commander
but he headed for it, When with
In 400 yards Of the linht II proved
to he the statue OF Liberty. The
dirigibe circlcd the statue in the
dense fog. The crew gathered new
spirit and determined to locate Jer-
sey City and sail over Royle's arena
where the Leonard Tender cham
pionship bout was In progress hut
there was no way in which the
crew could determine Jersey CITY In
the insistent maze OF lights below
them.
Finally Reaches "Philly,"
The electrical storm increased ana
literally drove the big ship before
Il into the battle TO Conquer Jer.
sey City. The commander then
header the craft FOR Forty-seconA
street and Broadway. Broadway
being indiscernible, the commander
consulted his watch and discovered
that It was nearly l o'clock IN the
morning. He turned his ship home.
ward in the storm and the fog con
tlnucd lts grip on the ship and sent
Il literally wandering through air
lanes leading the commander out
OF nowhere, His radio set failed
him at this period, With his COM
pass the commander guided the
vessel south By southwest and at
daybreak had finally negotiated
Philadelphia. The CO had lety
Boiling field. Washington, at .
o'clock yesteray afternoon. II
stopped at Aberdeen for refucling
reascended Immediately and re.
mained in the air 10 l2 hours. The
purpose Of the Night was to trair
pilots for night flying. The CO IL
scheduled 10 make the trans
continental dirlgible trip in Septem
ber which was to have been mad,
by the ill-fated Roma. The crew
that manned the CO was.
Capt william II, Kepner, FRS
Lieut.. Ernest S, Moon and Serg,
a. ID. Albrecht. In addition to III
crew the dirigible carried four 9th
err passengers, representatives .
three press associations and a pho
tographer, ~