Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
WALES AND GEORGE
TAKE AIR WITH RIOT
Two Princes Search Sky in
Planes for Giant DirigibIe
and Tour With 1t.

- the AssvcisSed Press.
LONDON. October l5.-The Prince Of
wales and his brother. Prince George
yesterday, it became known today, went
in airplanes appropriated for their use
to meet the dirigible R-l0l making It's
trial voyage.
The British heir was in Gypsy Moth
piloted by E. Fielden. while Prince
George was in his elder brothers old
Don.
Both took of shortly after noon from
Eunningdale, Berkshire, and toured tbs
home counties in search of the dirigible
They finally found 1t and after circline
It and viewing it from the air, returned
to Northolt, Middlesex.
Few If any Of the So passengers and
crew Of the dirigible realized two of the
most important young men in England
we're included among the passengers OF
planes escorting the giant ship.
R-IOI Covers 300 Miles.
Taking advantage of perfect flying
weather, the much-criticiSed British
dirigible slipped away from her mooring
mast at Cardington yesterday and made
a 300-mile trial flight over southeastern
England.
She cruised over London, giving Lon
doners a chance to see the largest air
ship in the world, which cost England
$4,000 900 to build.
Mai. G. H Scott, British aeronautic
expert who commanded the R-101, said
that the flight had been very salts
factory"
"The whole handling of this big air
ship proved much easier than we
hoped" he said. "The noise Of the
engines was very slight in the passenger
fnHoA6
We passed over Buckingham Palace,
Westminster, then over the city and
straight back home. The ship handled
very weel and answered her controls
with the greatest ease. We went easy
at first and worked up to something
over so miles an hour. We will have
the speed trials later"
Averages IS Miles Per Hour.
The airship made an average speed
of SIS miles an hour. covering the 800
miles in hours and "a minutes. Ex-
perts had disputed about the speed of
which she is capable, most of them
maintaining that the best she can do is
much less than the IS miles an hour
which she was designed to do.
One novel feature of the cruise was
a parachute drill, corresponding roughly
to lifeboat drill aboard an ocean liner.
This was held at an altitude of 1000
feet.
The drill, which was for the purpose
Of acquainting passengers and crew with
their aerial life stations, followed the
procedure of lifeboat drill Parachutes
were distributed in various parts of the
airship, some in the control rooms and
some in the gondolas. This produced
the unpleasant fact that for So persons
aboard there were only so parachutes.
R-1O1 Is Ready for Trials.
After the R-1O1 had completed her
trial flight 1t was announced that the
other giant dirigible R-100 now was
finished and ready for trials. She is
expected to leave Howden Hangar next
week, proceeding direct to Cardington.
There is no mooring mast at Howden.
Maj. Scott said, after the R-101 had
been safely moored, that it might be
necessary to carry out some slight ad-
justments In her. 1t Is probable that
another test flight viii be made on
Wednesday
The airship's commander announced
that the R-1O1 had reached a speed
of So miles an hour with 3 engines on
her flight today.