Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29
GERMAN ship
SHATTERSA
FLIGHT MARKS
World Air Liner Set
ties AT Lakehurst,
Adding Chapter To
Aviation'e History
BY w. w. CHAPLIN
Associated Press Staff Writer

NAVAL AIR STATION, LAKE
HURST, nv. J., Aug. 29.-CPy-Loop-
ing the loop around the world in
one Of the greatest exploits Of fly
ing history, the German dirigible
Graf Zeppelin settled to earth at
7:l2 o'clock CE. 8. T) this morn
ing just 2l days. seven hours and Sc
minutes after leaving on her 10000
mile journey.
Actual flying time, deducting the
time spent on the ground at Fried
richshafen, Tokyo and Los An
gels. the only three stops that we're
made, was III days, % hours and IL
minutes. both flying and elapsed
times breaking all previous records.
The last leg or the flight from
Los Angeles. was completed In 81
hours and SO minutes.
Records Shattered
The previous record for elapsed
time around the world was made
last year by John Henry Mears and
g. b. ID. Collyer, who used planes
over land and ships across the At
lantlc and Pacific. Their time was
% days, Is hours and 2l minutes.
The only previous flight around
the world in any sort of air craft
was made III 1924 by the United
States army fliers. They took l75
days TO get around, Of which Is
days and six hours was spent ac-
tually In the air.
The weather was perfect as the
Graf reached the end Of the first
flight around the world of a light
er-than-air ship. "A warm morning
sun shone on the great bags silver
sides as 1t floated in from the north
after n visit TO Manhattan. Lazily
IL circled over the field, n crowd Uf
some 5000 persons racing along the
ground TO be close at the landing,
and pointed its nose downward.
Casual Landing
The ship overshot the landing
crew Of 450 sailors and marines.
and they had to scamper across the
field after the dragging ropes which
we're lowered to the ground at 7:07.
Once they had hold Of them the
operation of lowering the dirigible
to the ground was performed with
expert precision.
AS the Graf was being hauled
down Commander Hugo Eckene-,
its veteran commander, waved from
"A cabin window, and Lieutenant
Commander Charles T.. RoSendahl,
u. S. N. who made the world trip,
leaned out beside MIN TO wave =
scarf 10 the crowd below.
The crowd was handled without
any trouble by we'll drilled sailors
and marines. and the whole scene
was one Of complete lack OF excite
ment. Several dogs romped about
the field as the ship was coming
down, and there was an air OF cas-
ualneSs about the entire procedure
OF landing.
Customs Inspection
As the ship touched the ground
William B. Leeds, one Of the Amer
leans 10 make the world journey,
appeared at the open cabin door
and beckoned with a bill TO a newg-
boy. After several futile attempts
the boy managed 10 duck through
the marines, delivered his paper and
came ginning back with the bill.
The landing was made at T:l3
and mt TAO 10 was safely berthed IT.
the hangar. empty because Of the
navy Los Angeles absence at the
air races at Cleveland but for two
baby blimps pushed over against the
north wall of the great arched
structure.
The passengers were kept in the
cabin Of the ship until after 1t was
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