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stowaway this trip and no attempt to
get aboard by one was in evidence at
departure.
Oil. gasoline, baggage and equipment
aboard the Zeppelin weighed about IS
tons. The craft was buoyed by 10000
cubic meters of hydrogen and was sup
piled with almost Is, 900 cubic meters of
blau gas, as fuel.
Il was intended during most Of the
trip and particularly when aided by
favorable winds to use only four of the
Crafts five motors, decreasing its cruis-
ing speed to about So miles an hour, but
increasing its flight radius to about $50
hours, or 80 hours more than 1t was
estimated would be needed to reach
Toxic.
In detail. the course planned by DR..
Eckener. upon leaving subject TO change
Friedrichshafen to Berlin, Berlin TO
Danzig, to Konigsberg. 1t was ex-
pected to cross the Soviet border near
Duns berg, Latvia. striking almost due
east to Moscow
Moscow. by the course followed was
approximately 400 miles from Fried
richshafen, and should be reached
about dawn Friday. From Moscow the
craft. 1t was expected, would be headed
almost due east along the 60th parallel
to the Ural Mountains. from where 1t
was intended to strike due eastward to
JaEutsk.
At Jakutsk the ship expected TO turn
south and slightly east across the Japan
Sea to Toxic, starting place for the
third lap OF the Journey to Los Angeles
to be begun within four or five days
after arrival.
From the Ural Mountains to Jakutsk
the Zeppelin must cover one OF the
widest areas known to man. 1t Is
peopled largely by nomadic semi-bar-
barious tribes, few of whom have ever
seen an aircraft and many of whom
might be inimical to passengers and
crew If the Graf should be forced down.
Firearms Taken Along.
Much of the country even would not
sustain life, being even ct this time OF
the year an icy barren waste. How
ever, rs needful as was DR.. Eckener Tor
every inch of space aboard the Zeppe-
lin he took along firearms and amTnu-
milton sufficient to enable the voyagers
to kill seals, deer, grouse, hares ana
other Arctic game should III luck De-
fail his craft and he be compelled TO
descend before reaching Toxic.
Capt Hans Won Schiller said that
three rifles, three shotguns and 1000
rounds of ammunition had been put
aboard the Zeppelin to provide for any
contingency. There also, he said. was
suficient food to feed the Crafts 80
passengers and crew for seven days on
standard rations and IA days on emer.
gency rations.
Capt. Sir George Hubert wilkins. one
of the passengers. Is one of the greatest
living experts on polar life and in an
emergency would prove an Invaluable
guide, probably taking charge OF the
expedition from the moment OF debark-
alton.
DIR. Eckener warned the public not to
be alarmed IL for IL hours at time
nothing was heard of the dirigible.
Nobody should get uneasy" he said.
1T simply means we cannot be sached
nor can we reach any station"
The veteran dirigible expert admitted
that the Friedrichshafen.T Toxic lap OF
the Journey was the most difncult he
had ever undertaken, especially from
the viewpoint of navigation, all the
more so as map material over parts Of
Asia Is scant and incomplete. The hop
over the Pacific, he said, would be much
easier.