Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24
GRAF SAFELY BACK
IN HOME HANGAR
GOO Mile Voyage From Cuers,
France, Completed at
Sunrise Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, May
24.-The Graf Zeppelin returned at
dawn today to Friedrichshafen from
| Cuers. France, where it made an emer-
gency landing just a week ago after
| turning back near Gibraltar from an
| attempt TO cross the Atlantic
Aboard the dirieible when it landed
here were II of the 18 passengers who
made the outward-bound trip. and in
addition seven French naval officers, in
vited as the special guests Of DR.. Hugo
Eckener, the ships master, in apprecia-
ton for French aid In landing his ma
chine in its emergency last week.
Rays of rising sun outlined the giant
air liner as 1t approached the Zeppelin
works from over Lake Constance its
silvery sides glinting and shining as it
finally lowered over the field which 1t
left so proudly eight days ago A land
ing crew, in readiness for a half hour.
seized the hawsers it let down and
brought it to earth at sos am. I'll :06
pm. Thursday, Eastern standard tin1e)
In Hangar by $50.
BY $50 am the airship was safely
in its hangar. the landing crew deftly
megaphone by Capt. Won Schiller
The zeppelin's constructor, DR.. Ludwig
Duerr, who was almost grief stricken
at the failure of its four motors on the
abortive American flight. superintended
the ground operations himself.
Capt. Sir George Hubert Wilkins,
Arctic explorer. was among the first to
alight. followed by the French guests
and Mrs, Mary Pierce of New York, only
fn ~
were warmly greeted on behalf of the
Wurtenberg and federal governments
by an officer of the German Reichswehr.
The flight from Cuers to Friedrich
shafen, over a course of some 500 miles,
occupied 8 hours and IL minutes, de-
parture from Cuers taking place at 1925
pm. Thursday. A large French land
crew assisted the ship from the hangar.
once occupied by the Inflated French
dirigible DiXmude and started it on it's
way with cheers for the Germans, their
former enemies.
Wreath Dropped in Sea.
The Zeppelin cut south to the Med
iterranean and dropped a wreath in
commemoration of those who lost their
lives aboard the Dixmude, turning
northward then and passing over Mar
seille shortly afterward.
Valley weather conditions were perfect,
in marked contrast to the strong mis-
trail. or cold northeast wind, which the
dirigible bucked with its one function
ing motor last Friday in It's previous at
tempt to reach its home hangar.
The dirigible was sighted over Avig-
non, Montelimar and valence, and then
was not reported again until it reached
Switzerland. 1t was seen at Geneva at
1903 am, lights glimmering briefly
from its cabin, before it was lost to
view in the direction of Lausanne.
which 1t passed at l.: 35 am. It reach
ed Bern at 2:09 am, circling over the
Federal Palace.
The Swiss frontier at Kreuzlingen was
passed at 4:20 am, the ship making
exceptional time.
Passengers were enthusiastic about
the scenerey during their moonlit jour-
ney skirting the Swiss Alps. Alexander
r. Won Kryha, Ukrainian inventor, who
was passenger. said: I'VE had splen-
did weather. There was a magnificent
spectacle when we few over Zurich, at
an altitude Of 1,400 meters, in the light
of the full moon. Nearly all the pas
sengers remained at the windows all Of.
last night
During the trip the motors function
ed perfectly, and a speed sometimes as
high as 80 miles an hour was attained"