The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-23
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NAVAL AIR STATION. LAKE
HURST, N. u. oct. Thousands
OF Americans may have the privilege
of being witnesses to the unique and
historic spectacle OF the worlds two
largest airships taking off simultane-
ously from the landing field here
Thur1day morning.
This became known today when
Lieut.-Co G. I'll. Wiley, acting
commandment OF the Navy dirigible
Los Angeles. announced that mid
night wednesday has been set as the
zero hour for the station personnel's
liberty.
u. Yep Going Out
This means that. provided weather
conditions and wind are favorable.
the Los Angeles will be taken out OF
the hangar and moored on the stub
some time between midnight and
dawn, preparatory to a takeoff at
Although the Graf Zeppelin is
expected TO be ready for q take-off
late tonight. officers of the ship
and naval officers here announced
that the air liner viii not start Oh
her midwestern flight before Thurs
day morning. Commander Wiley,
therefore, indicated the possibility
of the Graf Zeppelin and the Los
Angeles taking off the same morn
ing.
Training Flight
The Navy dirigible. however, will
not accompany the German airship,
but will merely undertake train
ing flight, which one Of the two
airslips will soar into the skies
first, Commander Wiley would not
say.
He said the Graf Zeppelin viii
take off Immediately after leaving
the hangar, while the Los Angeles
will do so from the stub mast. Both
ships, he pointed out, can take off
within few minutes.
Crippled Fin Fixed
Meanwhile. station personnel and
members of the German crew are
putting the finishing touches on the
Graf Zeppelin. The ship has now
sufficient fuel for her So hour cruise
to the middle west.
Commander Wicks expects his men
to complete repairs on the port hori-
zontal late this afternoon. The top
covering was finished yesterday and
all the bottom covering needs yet is
two coats of dope" It took crew
of IL men seven working days to re-
pair the fin. 236 yards of rlbric and
200 gallons of dope" were used.
DR.. Eckener, Captains Ernst Leh-
mann and Carl Won Schiller are ex-
pected to return to Lakehurst to.
night. They will make thorough
inspection of the Graf Zeppelin to-
morrow and give final instructions
for the ships mid-western flight.
The Graf Zeppelin
The schedule has been put ahead
at least "a hours and the huge air
liner will not start for Germany until
next Tuesday morning.
The work of loading the ship
with 1000 cubic metres of hydro
gen gas was to begin today.
CHICAGO. Oct. 23.-Dr. Hugo
Eckener and his epoch-making
Zeppelin crew are on their way to
Lakehurst, N. j., today where their
air leviathan awaits them.
More than $500 men and women
on their feet and singing the Ger
man national anthem babe "Auf
Weidersehn" to the German air hero
at the Union Station here last
night.
Returning Friday
They will return to Chicago
Friday and will greet the city from
the air as they sweep over the
Central West in the Graf Zeppelin.
Last nights banquet at the
Stevens Hotel was the climax of
day dedicated to acclaiming the
heroism OF the visitors and to good
will between the United States and
Germany. Uniting to sponsor it
We're the city, county commissioners,
Council of German Societies and the
Chicago Association OF Commerce.
Illness OF his wife kept Mayor
Thompson away. He had been
their host at a noon luncheon and
hailed the flight as Enew mile
stone in air transportation
Eckener Grateful
DIR. Hugo Simon, German consul
general, praised Lady Drummond
Hay and paid tribute to Americas
sportsmanship and business ability:
Admiral William A. Moffett, cher
of the United States Navy Bureau
of Aeronautics described the Nays