The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-16
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crowd; the band played the national
air and there was much fluttering Of
landkerchiefs. Several thousand peo-
pie were on the field but their view If
the ship was brief. She at once rose
into the fog and disappeared from
sight.
I'm this manner we passed out OF
Germany. When the clouds at last
permitted view of the ground, We saw
France. We passed some distance from
Belfort, Besancon, Manlin and Roche
fort. But we made slight deviation
to pass over Cognac.
".At 3 80 we passed over the mouth
of the Gironde river to the Bay OF Bis
cay. 1t had taken us only nine hours
to reach the Atlantic, averaging over
60 miles an hour. The ship felt the eli
feet of the complication Of currents in
the air. In addition we were near the
prcund-50O to ] 900 feet-and the run
of air across the hills caused additional
eddies.. The result was a gentle roll
and bitch, but not uncomfortable. When
we, reached the sea the bunny motion
ceased.
Halt Photograph
AT 4 o'clock when the watch was re-
lieved the men stretched out comfortab'
ly and began TO bank up sleep against
their night watches. Some Of the
more energetic ones played a tune on
the photograph, but this met with dis-
APPROVAL. Evening fell over the calm
sea with a clear sky, with just
enough red in the west to be sailors
delight"
1.-The course was laid for Cape FINS
terre. but darkness fell before we sighted
the Spanish coast. While DR.. EckeneI
end l were in the dining room about
| o'clock, the ship began to jump about
We looked out of the window and there
under a full moon lay the precipitous
cost of Spain. At 7:4O we had La
Estacada lighthouse abeam and course
was laid for the Azores During tht
night the course and speed were checked
occasionally by sighting on torch bombs
dropped from the ship.
"When end of our watch periods came
we found the berths very comfortable
and enjoyed nndisturbed sleep.
bought a large wooden comforter ant
q blanket in Friedrichshafen to take OF
this voyage. The ship is not equipped
by the builders with bed clothes, an.
those supplied for the crew were mad'
of kapok. 1 hesitated to bring N!
| comforter, on .aCcOullL VI 40 D"AAs
l am glad did. With its protection
was able to sleep in nothing heavier
than pajamas.
Drift Fro mCOurse
p, "In the morning of the thirteen ; W.
passed directly above a British. steamer
headed for the opposite direction. b!
radio the IRIS inquired the steamer
position and reply was received md
eating that we had been drifted abou
go miles southwark of our assumed pc
sition. Course was accordinly changed
and at IL 40 San Miguel Island wal
sighted on the port side. At 2:2O W.
reached the southeastern end OF Ter
ceira Island and traversed its soutt
coast. After leaving Terceira, the sh4
was driven to a height of about 5,0Ot
feet, in order to diff the safety valves
and lose lifting gas to compensate FOL
the loss of weight of gasoline used.
During this 'maneuver today, some
thing happened which must be carefully
watched during all such maneuvers
Upon returning to, flying height, whlcl
was at this time about 1000 feet, ri
about two feet long was dicovered il
the lower part of one of the gas cells
This was Immediately repaired and tn
result was nothing worse than small
cell to mix with the hydrogen and reduc
amount of air finding its way into thu
its purity. If, however, the hole hat
been larger, or had not been so sOoi