The Washington times., 1929-08-09

the Graf win eomplete the trip via
the Mediterranean and south France
ar across the British Isles.
FRIEDRTCHSHAFEN. Aug.
U.N.S.l AT 2 o'clock this morning,
washington time, the 0raf KsR-
peIin was about 1850 miles east a.
New York, according to a wireless
message from the ship received by
the Zeppelin works here.
The message received from the
dirigible read as follows;
"At z o'clock this morning Green
wfch meridian time, our position
was ~ degrees north latitude, -
degrees west longitude. All weli.p
Veers N0rth to Miss Fog
The position given was about $50
miles northwest Of the Azores.
1t Indicated that the huge air liner
had yeered slightly to the north,
probably To avoid heavy fog banks.
The elapsed distance from the POS
itinn given by the Graf at midnight
indicated that her speed had In
creased to about "a miles an hour
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. . H,N.sJ.
"A Philadelphia amateur radio eper-
atar's determination ia "staHd by"
his receiving set day and night dur.
ing the Graf Eeppelin's homeward
flight 10 FEiedFieh ehshafen resulted IN
HIS intercepting a message from the
Graf at 1905 q. m. TO-DAY, The
operator was Albert L. RyleT.
The message read
"RunninR against heavy head
winds,0 Flying low, Fog heavy.
Speed greatly reduced. a9 degrees
north, 3a,se west,
ssDr, Eekener's radio came in good
and strong Byler said.
NEW YORK, Aug, q Q.N.SJ-
Speeding steadily eastward after an
auxpiei0us record run on the first
day of her round-the-world flight,
the Graf Zeppelin at dawn TO-DAY
was heading into q fog area north
west Of the Azores,
Following a course far south OF
the regular European shipping lanes
and aided by favorable following
winds, the Zeppelin maintained an
average speed OF 80 miles an hour
on her first day cut.
Shortly before midnight, almost
"a hours since leaving Lakehurst,
N. T., on her flight to Friedrichs.
hafen, Germany, the first mile-post
in her world tour, the Zeppelin sent
out 4 wireless message giving her
position as latitude II degrees, 20
minutes north. longitude IS degrees,
minutes west.
Whether or not DIR. Hugo Eckener,
commander Of the huge air liner,
will head over the Azores is prob
lematical and entirely dependent
upon the weather conditions he
encounters.
If he continues along the parallel;
Of latitude given in the latest mes
sage from the Graf's radio operator, !
the Zeppelin would not fly over
these naid.0cean islands but would
pass about $50 miles to the north
Of them.
Along the present course OF the
Graf. there is an area OF fog with
probable drifting squalls, according
to DR.. James II. Kimball, meteorel-
ogist of the New York weather
bureau.
Should the squalls prove too vio-
lent, or il he is unable to fly above
or below the fog banks. it Is prob.
able that Dr.. Eckener would take a
n0rtheasterly course. which would
bring him nearer the shipping
lanes, or southeasterly course.
which would take him over or south
of the Azores.
DR.. Eckener. In choosing his
course yesterday, indicated that he
would change his ships direction
whenever he thought he could find
better geing by doing so. He started
out with the intention Of following
the Great Circle" route, but soon
veered to a more southerly course
TO avoid fog banks off Newfouad.
land.
Messages received here from those
aboard the airship indicated that
the % passengers were enjoying the
deluxe service, smooth riding, and
speed OF the air liner immensely.
Favorable winds at times stepped
up the airship's speed to close to
Zoe miles an hour. Later she ran
into squalls, but judging from posi-.
ton reports received here, she was
able to maintain a high speed
despite them.
Since the start of her flight, the
Graf has been in constant radio
communication with naval land sta
tons and numerous ships at sea.
She was not sighted from land At
any point after leaving New York,
but three ships off the coast sighted
her In the course OF her first days
journey.
The zeppelin is manned by a crew
Of Il. In addition to 2S passengers,
she il carrying q ton Of mail, 500
pounds In cargo, live freight" in
the form of . Boston bulldog and q
baby alligator, and no stowaways.
After reaching Friedrichshafen.
she will make a long hop to Toxic.
thence another across the Pacific
to San Diego, with final flight
across the United States to Lake
hurst. ending the world flight on or
about September Z. :.
H the zeppelin maintains an aV.
erage speed on the rest Of her flight
TO Freidrichshafea anywhere ap-
preaching her first days record. she
should reach her home hangar iRts
Saturday night or early Sunday
morning. Sunday is DR.. Eckener's
61st birthday,
Department this morning from the
Graf Zeppelin, reporting "alI OK"
with the big airship.
One message was timed at 4. N.
and gave the Grafs position az
latitude ~. north; longitude, 20
west.
The second message, timed az 3
a. M. gave the ships position az
latitude. 42:5O north, longltude,
42:40 west.
Naval officers were somewhat
puzzled by the ships position as
given.