Evening star., 1926-04-12

!: dark gray coat with three little
rectansles OF color-green, white and
| red-on her sides. From her tail flies
the Norwegian flag and from her body
hang four gondolas, three containing
Maybach engines and the other the
steering equipment.
Built to Carry 81 Tons.
She is a semi.rigid--that is TO say
she has d rigid aluminium armor only
over half her body, while with rigid
airships the gas bag is entirely sur
rounded She is able for her weight
to carry more than the rigid type and
able to reach higher attitudes. She
can carry 4 tons, of which II tons is
dead weight OF engines. equipment,
armor and fuel. The Norge is 400
feet long. has a cruising range Of
5000 miles, carries seven tons OF fuel
and $4,000 cubic feet OF gas.
From Rome the Norge brought II
men, officers and crew, and when she
landed had enough fuel left to last
eight hours more III the air.
The Norge had followed Il course
over the north of Corsica 10 Toulon
and then along the coast line Of the
Mediterranean to NarbOnne and then
| headed for Rochefort. Here a sharp
turn northWard was made and, pass
ing near Tours. the vessel signaled at
S:45 yesterday morning that she was
over Caen. AT 9:30 am. she had crossed
the French coast line. and with less
favorable wind her speed began to
fall 1t WAS not until l1:20 O'Clock
that she Signaled she was crossing the
English coast near Brighton, which
meant she had about another l20
miles to cover.
At first there was the suggestion to
take the airShip over London, where
thousands of people were on the look
out for her. but a straight course was
taken and the Norge crossed the
Thames near Midway and went due
northward.
Scores Gather at AirdrOme.
Such was the interest taken in her
journey in Pulham' and the neighbor
hood that by motor, horse, bicycle
and afoot the whole immediate coun-
tryside seemed at the airdrome.
II like the ship very much,' Maj.
Scott said on his arrival. Her per
formance is extraordinarily good for
her size. and l consider she is well
suited for this particular expedition"
The Norge has already flown more
than the distance required for her to
1y over the North Pole from SpitZ-
bergen. and there seems every likeli-
hood that she will reach the pole un-
less she strikes bad weather in the
Arctic. She probably will be in com
munication with land throughout the
trip to the pole. for she has a special
ly constructed wireless outfit with
radius of 900 miles. She also has
radio direction finder which will en-
able her to find direction even at the
pole itself, where all directions by the
commas SS are dine south
Prof. F'ilippo Eredia, the meteoro-
! logical expert of the Italian govern
men, who was on board, told the New
York Times correspondent that he
had been able to keep constantly in
touch with the Italian air ministry
and with those of France and Britain
during the entire fight.
Newspaper Representative Aboard.
Also on board was a representative
of newspaper, who carried the only
books on board. They We're Jack Lon
don's Daughter of the Shows" and
Kipling's From Sea to Sea" There
was no phonograph on board.
There were only four seats, all used
by the pilots and navigators, and the
rest made the rather tedious journey
standing up or sitting on the floor.