Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1928-10-11
zEPPLEIN NOW
OVER ATLANTIC

BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. llR)
The Graf-zeppelin passed here
at $50 tonight.
NEW YORK, Oct, II R-wea-
ther conditions for the flight Of
the dirigible Graf-zeppelin are
considered favorable by officials
of the local weather bureau.
The following is the log Of the
Graf Zeppelin, translated to esat-
ern standard time.
Left Friedrichshaven, 200 a. m.
Constance. 2:10 am.
Basle, 1888
French border, 400
Lyons, TBS
The Graf-zeppelin quit French
territory and headed out over the
Mediterranean at $3.50 p. m.
French time 1t is taking the
southern route by way OF the
Azores to America.
WASHINGTON, Oct, IL PE
The nghter-than-ai craft stands
lIlC OA AAAoh44A6 2bo
bid for a share of air trafflc now
well monopolized by heavier-than-
air machines.
The transatlantic flight Of the
Graf Zeppelin, Germany's newest
and so far the worlds greatest
completed dirigible which took of
from FredrichShaven, Germany, at
eight o'clock this morning, Is seen
as the opening wedge-provided
the fight is successful. In the
meantime, developments In the
industry, particularly abroad, are
going ahead at high speed.
In England the R-100 and the
R-101, two larger airshipS, are be-
ing rushed to competitor in the
hope that they may be the fore
runners of long distance dependa-
BILE air liner service that will
eventually extend to important
ports of both hemiSphereS.
In this country, navy plans call
for construction Of two of the
largest craft of the kind ever built.
They with the Los Angeles, which
was built by Germany for the
United States and flown here In
1924, will give this country two
rigid scout cruisers of the air and
an experimental ship.
After the World War, Germany
was prevented by the treaty Of
Versailles from building rigid air.
ships for war purposes, and after
that country had delivered the Los
Angeles to the United States and
required number of similar ships
to other allied countries, virtually
all development in this type OF
craft ceased. Interest also suffered
because of disaster to the only
rigid air-ship ever built In this
country, the Shenandoah, In 1926
the mysterious loss Of the Ger
manbuilt, French-owned Dixmude
in the Mediterranean sea, and the
explosion of the British R-38.
Many notable flights were made
during the world war by German
zeppelins and similar craft con-
structed by the Schultz Hanz
group. After the war the Brit
ish R-33 few to this country and
back to England without mishap
and several years later, In 1924,
the Los Angeles few from Fried
richshaven to the naval air sta
ton at Lakehurst, N. ]. But IN
terest diminished to such q point
that the Los Angeles was the
only rigid airship in the world.
knowledge Of the construction Of
the vessels appeared to have Suf-
fered, but it was through the ex-
perimental work with the Los An
geleS, directed by Rear Adrimal w.
A. Moffett, chief of the naval bu-
reau of aeronautics, Comm. Gar
land Fulton, head Of the navy'S
lighter than air craft division,
and Lieut.. Comm. c. E. RoSen-
dahl, skipper of the craft, that
this was preserved to the world,
Many lessons were learned from
both the Shenandoah and Los An
geles, and working with the Good
| year-Zeppelin Company authori
I ties Of Akron. o.. the navy has
eradicated many old problems and
made many improvements in the
specifications for the two new
! airshipS.
The Graf Zeppelin, with the ex-
ception that it has a capacity of
100000 cubic feet compared to
100000 of the Los Angeles, more
lifting power, speed, passenger &C
/ commodations and uses special
fuel, is built along the same lines
Named for Count Zeppelin, the
! inventor, it will make two trips
to this country before Christmas,
according to the plans announced
in Germany by DR.. Hugo Eckener
builder, after which she is deS-
tined for service to Spain and
South America.