Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-19
GRAF COMPLETES
FLIGHT TO TOXIC
Trip From Friedrichshafen
to Japan Takes Approx
mateIy 102 Hours.
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time, Just minute more than 100
hours from the time 1t left FriedrichS-
hafen, Germany. Thursday. 1890 pm.
Wednesday, Eastern standard time.
The appearance over Toxic marked
unofilcially, at least, end of the second
lap Of the Zeppelin's ound-the-world
tour. which began at Lakehurst. n; j.,
10:40 pm, Eastern standard time, We'd
nesday. August 2, with the first lap
completed Saturday, August 10, at 1908
am, with landing at Friedrichshafen.
The 1900 miles was covered In SIS hours
and "a minutes.
Ahead of the Graf Zeppelin lie two
more laps before completion of.its world
tour from Toxic to Los Angeles-which
as the Graf flies should be about 5470
hurst, about $500 miles, or 1870 miles
total.
Averages Over 60 Miles.
The average speed Of the Zeppelin
from Friedrichshafen to Toxic was just
in excess Of "a miles an hour. This,
when 1t Is considered that but three
Of the dirigible's five motors were kept
running during most of the trip, was
exceptionally good, and about Is miles
per hour in excess of what DR.. Hugo
Eckener, the Zeppelin's master, had esti-
mated 1t would make.
Sixty Persons Aboard.
Aboard the Zeppelin were 60 per-
sons, 40 crew and officers and 20 pas
sengers, of whom Lady Grace Drum
mond Hay was the only woman. With
the exception OF knick-knack or two,
including a bust of Baron Ehrenfeld,
there was no freight other than $4,000
pieces Of mail. the revenue from which
brought the Zeppelin nearly as many
dollars.
The Zeppelin's sighting over Toxic
occurred just As minutes after it circled
the giant japanese hangar at Kasumi-
gaura. the Japanese naval air station.
The dirig1ble remained but few mo-
mentS over Kasumigaura and then
headed for Toxic, capital of the Land of
the Rising Sun, to while away the hours
until evening, when the expected drop
in temperature would permit landing.
Rain and fog on the last 600 miles
OF her journey brought a slight altera-
ton in the zeppelin's course. and de.
layed its arrival several hours behond
sanguine early estimates. After leaving
the Siberian mainland she flew well
down the west coast of Hokkaido,
northernmost of the main islands of the
Japanese group.
At point about $50 miles from her
goal and slightly east of Cape Kamui,
DR.. Eckener requested permission of the
communications ministry to alter his
course because of bad weather condi-
tons In the direction of Saido Islands.
west Of Honshu.
He asked to cross the. southwestern
arm of Hokkaido in the direction of
Shiriya on the main island. He then
followed the eastern coast Of Honshu
down to the capital. passing over Shio-
OQn1Q ~
hangar awaiting the ship, 40 miles
away. The permission was given i'm
mediately.
Communication Maintained.
Throughout the Crafts flight from
Frledrlchshafen communication was
maintained almost constantly with
eitner european stations, Asiatic sta
lions, or finally Japanese stations, so
that hardly for an hour was any one
unaware of the zeppelin's location.
MOST OF the messages from aboard the
Graf were signed "All's well aboard"
Roughly speaking, the trip was made
from point north of Moscow to the
approximate position of Yakutsk, on
the Lena River, along the approximate
location OF the 62d parallel. J. st of
Yakutsk the dirigible turned south
nearly along the 140th meridian to
reach Nippon, Toxic and Kasumigaura.
AT kasumigaura light Summer haze
made visibility poor, but full-throated
"danzais" arose from the waiting
crowds when finally the giant dirigible
was sighted in the distance with the
sun g1nttng on its side
, AS soon as the ship was seen four
naval planes and the the Europa in
which Won Huenefeld flew to Japan
from Germany, scared up and went out
to meet it and the three other aircraft
already accompanied it.
AS it passed over the field for the
first time the cheering and waving of
handkerchiefS was almost frantic,
Strains Of the German national anthem,
begun by a band, were hardly audible.
The Graf Zeppelin probably will start
on the third lap of its round-the- world
tour Thursday, taking approximately
four day for the trip to Los Angeles.
The trip completed today, while repre-
senting its longest traversed distance,
did not represent the Crafts greatest
flying time. Its first westward cross
ing of the Atlantic, completed Octob1<
Is, 1928, took Ill hours and 80 mia-
utes to travel approximately $500 miles.
CROWD GOES WILD IN BERLIN.
BERLIN, August 10 P).-Arrival of
the Graf Zeppelin in Toxic was broad
cast here q few minutes after noon