Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-28
Los ANGELES BACK,
AFTER SEALAND|NG
Giant DirigibIe Completes
Great Feat by AIighting
on AirpIane Carrier.
81 the Associated Press.

~ ths Assccf7ted Press.
LAKEHURST, II. J., January "a
After al!ghting on the deck Of the air
plane carrier Saratoga at sea of New
port, r. l.. the first dlrigibIe ever to
have accomplished that feat, the Los
Angeles was safely back IN her hangar
today.
Although Corndr. Charles z. E.oser-
dahl vas noncommittal on his return,
Pear Admiral w. A. Moaett, chief OF
the bureau Of naval aeronaut!cs a.
Washington. was enthusiastic n his
praise Of the feat and the possibilities
it shows
The operation was a hazardous ORE
as the big silver bag IL $50 feet long
and the entire length Of the Saratoga
is only $50 feet, little more than haIt
Of which Is available as landing stage.
Carefully Rehearsed on Paper.
Although Navy officials here retired
to discuss the details, referring all IL
oulrles 70 Washington. I vas assumed
that The operations took p.aCa IL ne
following manner. as they had ocea
carefully rehearscd IN paper
Win both ships making good speed.
that Of the Saratoga BENG estimated
81 between = ard 30 knots. ire los
Angeles n05ed gently down and came
tn stop with its cortro. cabin +1sr
barely touching the deck she lar v.-h
her nose just & 5att the tunnels and 81
pPrstructGre q the ai-p.ane mother.
her stern sticking far OFT OYER the
stern q The Saratoga.
To bring the clsig!bIa down. ii1as
we're thrown to the crew Of the Sara
tO@a, Who he.ped warp The big ship mo
position. This U3s extremely hazard
Gus % the men On ,he lines. il vas
pointed out, especially i a heavy sea
had been running. but i vas decided
IN the interest OF naval science 70 take
a chance.
Tske-off Held Easy.
She could be safely !ashed IN this
position. experts thought. until retue.-
ing operations could be completed. To
maze the test more complete refuei.ng
equipment vas placed with which such
operations could &c simulated.
Satisfied the test was a success,
Comdr RoSenGah, found = cas-. 20 cast
OF from the Saratoga ard point the
big ship back toward her hangar.
Rear Admiral AoEe-t regards the
test as showing that i Is practicable 70
land Ighter-than-air ships on CON-
Nlt4C+34 as Wei as l2V2l carriers Re
called particular attention TO the valus
Of the test in that il shows that the
possibilities Of refaeling a dir!g!bIe az
sea have been greatly increased.
Gives Ship Great Radius.
The cruising radius OF dirig;bies a.
sea would De limited only bv their
distance from the fuel ship Il further
tests prove its practieability under vari-
Gus conditions
Il vas assumed that the test to6s-
vas MADE on calm sea. but further
experiments may show the possibility
o. such operations even in a heayv ses
me Bureau Of Aeronau.ics had been
planning the experiment. for some tire
our the secret was closely e1,s-caG
Oi1clal photographs were made OF re
test, an6 viii probably be made svaiI-
aole 10 the press OF the world.
The Los Angeles feat also should
serve as an impetus 20 plans fo- tra-s-
atlantic service With reliance placed n
feiue.l2g a: sea Z necessary ira
dlr.gaoleS could ca-ry a r-.,.ch la~rp-
!o3G G freight Or passengers. !. vas
pointed out. since they would 0ot has
% o. 50 heavily hu-dened with fuel.