Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-05
Zeppelin to Start Wednesday
on First Leg of Flight Cir
cling GIobe-Large Crowds
Visit Hangar.
ALL KINDS OF WEATHER
MET, ECKENER REPORTS
No Signs of Weariness Shown by
Is Passengers-Ship Escorted
From Beyond Jersey Coast.
Stowaway Was Kept Incommuni.
cado Aboard Dirigible.
BY the Associated Press.

LAKEHURST, N. j., August S.
Safely berthed after a 95-hour
passing from Germany, the air
liner Graf Zeppelin was prepared
today for its scheduled return to
FriedrichShafen, and the round
the-world cruise that is to follow.
Workmen swarmed over the
great craft, patching the envelope,
where tiny holes were torn by
ocean winds. and this afternoon
the process of pumping in ethane
gas for fuel, and hydrogen for the
lift cells was begun. Loading of
provisions went on apace.
Great crowds, almost as large
as those of yesterday. which
waited to greet the airship, passed
through the Naval Air Station
hangar for glimpses of the zep-
pelin, which lay alongside its
sister ship, the American Navy'S
Los Angeles.
The airship brought Is passengers
and one unlisted stowaway, who was
kept incommunicado in small COM
partment in the tail of the dirigible and
turned over to immigration authorities
on arrival and promptly was ordered
deported.
Graf Zeppelin, largest of airships, left
Friedrichshafen at 9:29, Eastern stand
ard time, wednesday night and was
pulled to the ground here at 8:45 last
night, after 95 hours and 10 minutes
in the air. The westward crossing last
year took Ill hours. |E
Every Kind of Weather"
Not that it was all favorable weather
this time. There was every kind of
weather" DR.. Hugo Eckener, COM
mander of the ship said on landing.
1T was very interesting flight. We
had no snow and no hail, but there was
a storm close to us at the start and
there were strong head winds for the
last IA hours in the air.
We had a very enjoyable time" he
told reporters. "At night we danced
and sang and drank wine"
There were other amusements, too.
and recounted with laughter how they
had "kidded" themselves In face of the
rule against smoking by carrying porce-
lain cigarettes which they lit" with
electric flashlights.
The 18 passengers. including two
women, showed no signs Of weariness
from the trip and said they had en-
joyed perfect comfort. Soon after they
had been passed by customs and i'm
migration agents they left for New York
in special train.
Cheered by Crowd Of 100000.
The Graf could have landed couple
OF hours sooner but for a gusty wind of
about 40-nile velocity. The dirigible
first f1oateds~ over the field here
Just as the sun was setting red in
son rays made the silvery leviathan of
the air shine like polished metal a
sight that brought prolonged cheers
from the crowd at the field, estimated
at 100000. The Graf dipped as though
In preparation for a landing. but on
radio advice from the field 1t rose again
and turned its nose toward New York,
which it circled before returning for a
night landing.
Immediate preparations we're made to
start refueling the Graf and replenish-
ing her supply of hydrogen, so that she
might leave on her return journey to
Frederichshafen Wednesday night. From
there the ship will fly to Toxic, thence
to the West Coast of the United States,
and so back to Lakehurst. This girdle
e the globe completed, the ship will
fl, back to its home port across. the At
lantlc, bringing its total Of Atlantic
crossings to five.
The Graf Zeppelin was escorted from
beyond the Jersey coastline to Lake
hurst by half dozen planes, most of
them news picture planes, and from
one of which description was broad
cast over Nationwide radio hook-up
and reporters telephoned stories about
the Crafts arrival at her destination
olrect TO their offices by radio and land
telephone connection.
Last october the huge dirigible conf
pleted its first round trip from its base
at Friederichshafen. Germany, to the
great Navy reservation here, where the
naval dirigible Los Angeles has its
home. At 5:55 O'Clock eastern stand
ard tinne) yesterday afternoon a speck
was sighted IA miles away to the east
by Coxswain William Bishop, lookout
man for the Los Angeles and half an
hour later the huge silver bag poked its
shining nose into the sunset over the
field.
Maneuvering in salute to the cheer
ing crowd the Zeppelin disappeared
over the northern horizon and cruised
over New York City before returning to
the reservation, and where it dropped
its landing ropes at S:48 pm. It was
dragged to q, stub mast on the field
pending its removal into the huge
naval hangar which will be its home
until It departs on the return journey.
The landing was accomplished 95 hours
and 10 minutes from the time the ship
left its base ATS miles distant last
Wednesday night. An average speed
of approximately As miles an hour was
credited to the big ship up to the time
it was first sighted, but the craft slowed
down as it approached its destination
and rode leisurely to New York.
Authorities estimated the Graf trav-
eled 5,33i miles on its latest voyage. In
Guiding the side trip to New York City.
in "a hours and minute as compared
with 109 hours and SO minutes REQUIRED
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