Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-30
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the navy's battle fleet 1t Is pointed out thae'
by reason Of its greater speed, the airships can
cover several times the area In reconnaissance
work than surface ship can and SO permit more
money, men and metal to be diverted 10 strictly
fighting units.
This advantage will be heightened BY the fact
that the alrshps will carry several airplanes IN
q garage" within the ships hull; these planes
TO be released as needed and picked up after
wards while in flight Such fleet of ships ana
nlnnes could patrol the entire Atlantic seaboara
md prevent any concentrated movement against
the coast remaining unobserved ana ahchaiiehssu'
And the military airshns will be OF great Vaiue
to arnane Itself In largely increasing It's raaius
of action.
Another advantage of this type OF airshp, as
has already been pointed out. lies In the Tacl iial
the puncture OF single gas cell will not senn'lI
Ia the ground There are many such cells ana,
even II riddled with bullet holes, diffusion OF gus
would be slow and the cells could easily peo re-
naired during flights Military experts also point
Ia the fact that its speed altitude and It's convoy
Of fighting arplanes carried inside Its body W"nlu
make it highly invunerabe to attack
II Ia probable that Of the new ships VIII De
stationed at Iakehurst, where the nayys pres
ent mir station Is located and that the other VIII
20 to the west coast. where second major air.
ship base may be located.
Airship adherents declare also that ships slm-
lar to these being built for the navy Will be hsed
extensively before long In long-disthnce transpor-
fotIon. both transcontinental and transoceanic.
These ships can fly at Sc miles per hour ana nave
q cruising radius of 60O0 miles at full speed and
5000 miles at cruising speed
with Transatlantic airshp line In operation
n passenger could leave New York on Saturday
morning arrive two days later, on Monday MORN
Ing at London or Paris, spend four days on MS
business affairs, leave Europe on Friday morn
Inr. taking three days on the return trip agaansf
the prevailing westerly Winds arriving IN ne"
York again Monday morning
In recommending the building Of two ships the
naval bureau OF aeronautcs cited some Of the
noteworthy flights by Zeppelin ships as indicat
ing the usefulness In long range reconnaissance
One of the most famous Of these was the triI
Of the LEO during the World war. shortly before
Count Zenpelins death A colonial force hat
haen surrounded In town In German East Africa
md q Zeppen ship was QUILTED Mt Jamboli Bui
paria to 90 to its relief, carrying munitions, ma
chine guns and medicine The ship WAS TO D
dismantled on arriva-the metal structure 10 D
used for strengthening the defenses and the far
rics MS tents for the soldiers
The shin had flown 1000 miles down the MI
valley md across the desert when II got ne"
nv wireless that the hesieged force had SUI
traced its course back to Bulgaria. The higf
was 1920 miles. lasting better than four days
The first craft to cross the Atlantic from eas
70 west against the prevailing winds was tt
British R-34 which. In 1919 made a rouhh IT
from England to Mitchell Field l.. l.
The navy airshp Los Angeles, built at Erie
rchshafen In centra Europe, was delivered TO u
navy OF Lakehurst, n. J. In tight u OH
miles. consuming 81 hours. The Los Angeles sins
has flown to Cuba, Vest Indies and the Can
zone and recently completed trip to San
tonic Texas where It refueled and returned
Its station. s =,
The longest trip made by any airship was tn
~ the Shenandoah, in flight Of approximate
eOoO miles. In October, 1924 around the rim
tho American continent stopping only for refu
Inc at san Antonio. San. Diego and Seattle.
The last memorable flight was that OF I
craf.zannen. named for the old count, viii
Inst october flew 1000 miles off course In ORD
r. avoid a mIdatantic storm, arriving at Lal
hurst after e.O0O-me journey with 90 hours n
reserve The return aight to Frtedrichshafen v
made In Il hours.