The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-26

Los Angeles, Aug. 26-,p-rh.
German dirigible Graf Zeppelin VIC o
torions over the bleak rynars.- -
Eurasia and the stormy challenr. ~
tpc Pacific. landed here at 5.11 =,
To-Day, % hours So minutes after !, Ia,
Tokyo. at'ci y ia.
It's arrival marked the first no,,.,,
.lsliI across the Pacific and compile, ),
.,o,i oi the third leg Of the Grafs
round the-world flight.
arriving over the city at LIS a n,
.ooay .4:l6 a. m. eastern standard
line,. the dirigible really proved it's
aplity 10 go and come on the mn
I!iarteo air lanes Of the world With
l4'1le 10 lear from storms and other
lnenaces which ordinarily beset serisl
navigation. The 5000 miles from To
Kyo to here were covered at = snes1
OF nearly 80 miles an hour.
"A waving Of lanterns o,1t ~ ,or.,
VI tlle control room signaled a greet
ing GO multltudes assembled in auto.
nooiles and on the field as the Zer.
penn sailed above the city.
Horns Drown Cheers
1he cheers from thousands ~
throats were drowned out by the roar-
ing OF horns and sirens from autonc.
plies OF sightseerS who were narked
Tor miles and miles around the hich-
ways leading to the municipaI a,rnor.
Wen organized ground crew made
snort work OF the landing. and the
oirigioles nose was lashed to a en-.
1901 mooring mast to mark the com.
~f 0nn
flight. ~ "o''u
Ihe first nonstop air flight across
the Pacific ocean, achieved in three
Gays and seven hours. was less than
one third the time of the fastest
transpacific liners across the ocean
between Japan and Seattle, Wash.
Sixty persons made the voyage. Il
IN the crew and 10 passengers. Tho
1lnal leg OF the circumnavigation yoy-
age VIII be to Lakehurst, NJ j.. some
1000 miles. and will be started within
IS or 48 hours.
Circles City Five Hours
After circling the city for nearly
i've hours waiting for the sunrise to
light its way to the moorinR mast.
the ship noSed gently down and her
spider lines were seized by q coutin.
gent of marines and sailors.
Troops OF the California national
guard Immediately marched onto the
tield. forming human chain around
the sky -conqueror during the noorina
work.
Six naval planes circled overhead
as the big silvery ship came to earth.
The nose Of the liner touched the
mooring most at 5:35 q. IA. The first
word from the passengers Of the zep.
pelin was from Lady Grace Drum.
mond Hay Of London.
Il am 50 glad to be back Ia Amer.
ica," she said.
'Marvelous.' Says Wikins
"A very marvellous trip. wonderful
experience" was the comment Of 6ir
Hubert wilkins. Australian explorer
and passenger.
The passengers disemharked at SIS
o'clock The flying time of the xeppo-
lin for the 1850 mikes from &Ak--
hurst, N. J., was computed q ~
hours and IS minutex
For the convenience Of the cIoW
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port to provide meals and 3o1g1G
during the mOoring here.
\ Plans were started Tor the roelae1-
ing Of the ship even befoge 6 ARRIVED
over the city, - N. Hckonoe 1
to start for LAlkehlirst, III 81 N ~
world flight. within = nel1r1 o1o1l
landing. sa.
TTip DegaA Au6ut
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. dtrigible began s I1kG
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! | and arrived at IT, ho19 oet 3 y
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