Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-03

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| with cross winds. trying To work our
! way out Of the hangar At the end
/ there vas more trouble. but / want 10
say that every officer and every man
OF the crew was at his post for the
landing and during the whole time Of
the emergency nobody had any other
thought but to get the ship safely or
the ground. out az danger. and bring
her back again without damage"
But even though the time between
was lust like any ordinary voyage on
any ordinary ship" Comdr Rosendahi
| believes that the Los Angeles is not big
enough for regular commercial traffic
across the Atlantic.
Would Need Bigger Craft.
shes just about the right size for
this kind Of trip" he said -Four
thousand miles is about enough for her
When II comes to regular transatlantic
service Well have TO have bigger ships :"
Right now. he said, he Is going to
concentrate on the development nf some
mechanical means OF replacing ground
crews for Warping dlrigiblc In and
out Of her hangar
Won cam see what All improvement
that would be" he explained Here we
had 325 men on the ground working
with all their might 10 bring the ship
across the field into the hangar And
IA gust Of wind blew up and lifted her
OF the ground rs though nobody were
holding her back
Il believe some mechanical device
can be developed that Will bring the
ship down and run her In safely and
without any such ground crews rs are
y.a N,h
saving that would be in overhead and
men
There was one thing the commander
and his crew learned on the Panama
trip, however. II was the experience
they gained by flying on weather re-
ports"
Got splendid Co operation
The Weather Bureau gave uS Splen~
did cooperation" he said They gave
LIS frequent reports and We were able
to change cur course on the strength
81 them. utilizing the best weather cun~
dlliuna between where We were and
where We wanted 10 No.
And We had all kinds ~ weather
before we got through, When VT LETT.
the temperature was siN degrees above
zero, At Panama II Mas Ri degrees
above. Between there was every variety
SHOW and clouds, especially clouds.
over the bahamas. for instance, the
clouds were So thick that We flew lower
than | ever had before for any long
stretch Al times We were only about
one ahlp~lCnRth above the ground but
VIC had to come down To get out Of
the cloud banks"
There nre no more long trips IN pros.
prrt for the immediate future. he said
This Spring and through the Summer,
he expects most Of the time Will be-
used for short training tights and OK.
pritlcntaliun on the field, Most ot THIS
rApei lmeniAtinn VIII be IN the develop
ment ut the mechanical ground crew "
We'll" he said, this trip didn't
prove anything mucl. II Wasn't tx.
pectcd 10 bo anything mote than
training cruise. but II certainly WAS
sncctSsnil ua that
Tile crew behaved lust rs usual -~~
lust lis any ships crew does. They
atond their regular watches. took their
regular sleep and In their idle mumenta
played cards ur did whatever they
liked We had hot toud all the time
There isn't anything UNUSUAL III that
way III making II trip by ditigihic.
"hut want tn say yu,i rant ever
mit aly mechanical continuance aboard
W. tRtt Tue ltiatC ~ tue crew. Those
nlrn amt their utitrTa deserve lraiss,
iuf thtir work. especially ioi the way
thoy ntuad by white We Nrtu iaudiug
~ tuttsao they knew there WAS danger
hui They were thinking ttat OF bring
Inv tn the ship
The rnmmnnder Was tired and there
Waa stu work Ia do Tie Aoi up aud
walked over tn a dchk ~ the head
quarters uifife, Tive iouuest trip the
ioh Anerles tad made since she crossed
Tie ocean from Germany WAS over aud
1a waa ready 10 ~ ahead with hla
trnutt.