Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-10-15

- = - 'i'N IN W. W III
sklrtcd the station for 4
quarter Of its CirCunfcr-
cncc before nosing down
ward into the breeze and
coming TO z stop before
IN" airdomc.
she looked like y silver gilled ball on
hri~fmaS tree ~ Sbr settled dnt-n-
ward head on. She came - slowly thar
-" looked like nm inanimaie object suS-
pended hy some invisible force.
mighty shout went III from tbou.
and> as tn air vessel came down.
i1raSe don't make 80 mach noise. =
shouted Commander J. H. keln. Jr
commander of the Iak"hurSi station ana
passenger ON the /R-3 a. he l,aued from,
4 forward cabin port. The din If wei.
'"'ne WITS silencrd- instantly and 4 clear
sharp order nf the navigatorS 10 the
grounding crew wrnng ont distinctly.
lhiriy-irur minute after Nhe WAS
iEhi"d. her motors stopped. For u
moment She drifted easily. bobb;n. M
and down Ike IA ,mall boat in a rolling
swell
straight past the red ami white signal
an the ground which Indicated her chns, ~
landing place. She gIidrd When within
'h yards ~ the lowering drome Y trap
door flopped open from the bottom of
the main cabin and out drnnred a hundl,
at rsaF.s L..
trap door opened and another tnil or
ror" thudd'd below. Signal horns and
bells '"nied somewhere uut of sight in
IN" giant craft ov.r head Whistles
-hrill"d below Sailors and marines
hooked their srid'r web rope harnes>c..
into the trailing tow lines Of the diririble
and almost without effort drew her
gently down.
i'r. Hugo Eckner. smiling but stern
voir"d. was recognized TN littl. group
~ German citizens who crowded M.
state police and sailor guards 10 .hout
their congratulations
Major II. NJ. Kennedy III the uniform
~ the u. :. Army. stood IN anoth' y
portfolio smiling n he bowed happily To-
the crowd
Then. one after anpihrr. as the more
arduouS duties If landing were com
plet'd. all four of the American officers
aboard the dirigiblr were presented to
view. side TN side with the German navi-
gators IN the cabin ports.
All looked glowingTy happy. Tlry
were clean shavrn. their uniforms were
sric ana span. They did not look tired.
They appeared in no hurry to leave the
ship.
Th. doors at III. east end of the
drome had been drawn apart - re-rive
the visitor. She landed near those
doors hut because of 4 slight change in
me direction of III, breeze. II WAS de-
cided 10 lead her across the western
threshold instead
:" slowly. vet majeSticaly. shc was
caSed thu length of The great building.
swung around at the Western portal and
headed for the dim Iii covcn which Is
~ bc her home. and at 1915 H. H.. re-
posed IN her birth.
Immediately after she was fast her
navigating officers and crew disem-
barked Officers climbed into her
hull and cabin with mechanics to begin
inspection of the gas bags duralumin-
um structure and motors
Dr. Eckener. commander of the air
ship AMI president of the Zeppelin
Company. jubilantly declared as his
feet touched the concrete floor Of the
airdrome:
Gentlemen, new worlds record
o,Oo6 miles Of continuous flight.
The first part Of our voyage was
fine. The last part was full Of gloomy
weather. Since a. m Tuesday we
hattled against the weather with vclo-
city Of " to so miles per hour.