The Indianapolis times., 1928-10-29

the Zeppelins engines, peered into
tn esky and saw the long gray shape
of the airship as she swept over
Manhattan on her way to the misty
fastness of the Atlantic.
Departure Is Surprise
Later, the Zeppelin cruised over
Brooklyn at a low altitude, and the
aerial beacon on the st. George
hotel, flashed along her hulk as
she headed toward Long Island avi-
alton fields.
i The departure of the trans-At-
lantic dirigible Games a a surprise,
shortly before ! a. m, the wind,
which had been blowing across the
doors of the hangar, shifted and
blew along the length Of the big
structure. The passengers and crew
of the Zeppelin had been at their
stations and in their seats at
1890 a. m.
The ground crew of 500 navy men
knocked the props from under the
airship and started walking her out
of the hangar where she had been
berthed along with the Los Angeles
and two smaller dirigibles.
AS the long bag cleared the
hangar at 1888 a. M, a scattered
crowd of about 1000 persons, includ-
ing members of the ground crew,
marines, reporters, photographers
and sightseers, rams across the field
following the ship and waving their
hands to those who peered from the
cabin.
Don't Care for Wind
There had been some doubt in the
minds of naval men about bringing
the Graf Zeppelin out in the wind
that was blowing, but DR.. Hugo
Eckener, commanding the dirigible,
said:
I'VE don't care for the wind; we
go anyway"
AS the Zeppelin took the air, pas
sengers in the cabin leaned out and
waved, and many below shouted.
"Gute reise-bon voyage"
At 1900 feet the Graf Zeppelin
swung to the northward-a beautiful
sight to the watchers in the field
as she hung in the brilliant moon
light, her cabin lights brightly blaz-
ing and her smaller gondola lights
Pickering, as if in parting salute.
The long, graceful bulk of the
dirigible disappeared rapidly into
the northeast. AS she headed away
toward first north, then east, and
finally northeastward, apparently
finding herself in the Twenty-Five
mile-an-hour breeze that was blow
ing.
Woman Is Passenger
On board the Graf Zeppelin be-
sides the officers and crew that
brought her westward over the At
lantic were included the following
persons making their initial voyage:
Mrs. Clara Adams, wife of George
L. Adams, retired manufacturer Of
Tannersville, Pa; Allen Miller,
British war flier, Of London; Donald
M. Castro, Columbus, o., also a war
time aviator; Paul M. Marko, of the
Iarko Storage Battery Company,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Joseph D. Jessel,
vice-preSident of -Jessel, Inc,
of New York; F. w. Van
Meister, New York representative
of the Maybach Motor Company,
the motors used on the Zeppelin;
George M. Grouse, president of
Grouse Groceries Company of Sy-
racuse, N. Y; John G. Ingram,
William Schulze, New York COR
respondent of UllStein Press, Ber-
lin; Commander M. r. Pierce, exec
utive officer of the naval air station
here; Lieutenant Charles G. Bauch,
watch officer of the dirigible Los
Angeles; Lieutenant T. C w. Set
tie, engineering officer of the Los
Angeles, and Hans w, Nolde, hosiery
manufacturer of Reading, Pa.
Among the passengers who are
completing the round trip on the
Graf Zeppelin we're: Ernst Bran
denburg of the German ministry of
transport; DR.. Kreuger of the Ger
man aeronautical testing institu-
ton; Engineer Beck of the Tele-
funken Company of Berlin; Engi-
neer Schirlitz of the zeis Optical
Company, Berlin; DR.. Ludwig Dett-
mann, German painter, Berlin; Rolf
Brandt, correspondent Of the Ber-
lin Pokal Anzeiger; Theodore Ma
tajko, Berlin newspaper cartoonist;
Rudolf Hartmann, Metro -Goldwyn-
Mayer and International Newsreel
camera man, and Mr.. Meyer, U. F.
A. Film Company, camera man.