Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
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official airport illumination. for strict
policing orders eliminated anything
which might interfere with the naviga- .
ton of the globe-circling sky ship.
The police regulations restricted entry
to the field to a maximum Of 10000,
cared for by Official guest cards for
automobiles This included some 1000
military, naval and civilian police and
service crews.
Ready to Start Refueiing.
Plans were started for the refueling
OF the ship even before it arrived over
the city.
dirigible began at Lskehurst. N. j..
arrived at its home port, Friedrich
shafen. Germany, Saturday, August 10.
at 1888 am. eastern standard time).
the voyage being remarkable for the
speed. which 1t had crossed the Allan
tic-55 hours "a minutes from start to
stop.
Four days later, August IA. at 1913
pm. Eastern standard time), the
air liner left Friedrichshafen for what
was considered the most difficult part
of its world flight. the $3.50 miles to
Toxic. The journey across the wastes
of Russia and Siberia was made with
out following the predetermined course
because of unfavorabte weather and the
dirigible was unable to pass over Mos
cow. 1t covered the distance in l0l
hours SO minutes. arriving at Toxic
August 19 at 4:37 am. Eastern stand
ard time).
The only mishap thus far to mark
the world flight was at Kasumigaura,
the air station near Toxic where the
dirigible was moered. DR.. Eckener pre-
pared for a take-off on August %. but
unfavorable weather held him up for
several hours. In attempting a take
taken out of its hangar and two struts
of rear gondola were broken.
Air Liner Is Repaired.
Repairs were made and the air liner
took off for Los Angeles at ais pm.
1:l3 am. Eastern standard time) Fri
day. August %.
1t was the first time an aircraft ever
had actually started a nonstop flight
across the Pacific. The greatest ocean
had been conquered. however, by air.
plane in 1928. when the Southern Cross
made the flight from California to AUS
tralia with two stops, one at Honolulu
and one at Suva, Fiji Islands,
Shortly after leaving Kasumigaura
the Graf Zeppelin ran into a storm.
violent electrical display furnished the
aerial minded globe trottefs with a new
experience. It rode out the storm slowly
and then entered the great fog belt
in the northeastern quarter Of the
Pacific.
Dr. Eckener had planned to follow
the Great Circle steamship route to
Seattle and then head directly south
for Los Angeles: Twenty-four hours
out Of Toxic weather reports caused him
to keep to more southern course.
That marked the end of his weather
troubles. A stiff breeze came out of the
southwest, took the Graf Zeppelin in
its teeth and gave it generous lift, re-
naming on its tail until it scared over
the Golden Gate at sunset yesterday.
The Graf Zeppelin had accepted the
challenge of the last aerial frontier and
had conquered with amazing facility.
Sirens, automobile horns. steamship
whistles and all other available noise
makers cut loose as the sky conqueror
rode through the Golden Gate in the
middle of a swarm Of welcoming air.
planes: she circled the bay cities area
slowly and then headed for Los Ange-
les, arriving there at AIS, e. s. r.,
today.
List Of Passengers.
The nineteen passengers Of the Zep-
pelin are:
Lady Grace Drummond Hay, London.
Comdr. Charles e. Rosendahl and
Lieut.. j. c. Richardson, United States
Navy.
joaquin Richard, Boston and Madrid.
William B. Leeds. New York. =
Sir Hubert wilkins, Australian ex-
plorer.
Karl Won Weigand, Berlin.
,, DR.. Heronimo MegiaS, Madrid.
Gustave Kauder, Ulstein, Germany.
Baron Heinz Won Perkhammer, Ger
man photographer.
Heinz Won Eschwege-Lichbert, Scherl
publications.
Herr Geisenheimer, Frankfort-on-
Main.
Leo Gerville- Resche. Paris.
DR.. Yoshimatsu Emit, Osaka.
DR.. Kickinai Kitano. Osaka; Comdr.
Nashiro Fumiyoshi, Japanese navy.
Prof. Karkins, Soviet Russia geog-
rapher.
DR.. Sailkopf. Hamburg weather man.
Lieut.. Col. Christoph Iselin, Swiss
army.