Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-16

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got it all fixed. There will be an au-
tomobile awaiting me at Lakehurst
which will speed me away" Her chief
concern seemed to be whether she was
dressed warmly enough for her journey.
DR.. Eckener was the last aboard the
Zeppelin. 1t was taken from its
hangar, poking its nose imposingly into
the dreary gray mist. At 5:56 he gave
the command to start the motors and
the next minute the vast dirigible was
ON its way, first describing loop over
Friedrichshafen.
All In Cheerful Mood.
All the windows on the starboard
side were lined with faces, whose own
ers waved their hands in answer to the
"hochs" OF the crowd below. All
seemed in q cheerful jovial mood. If
the frenzy Of former flights was MISS
Ing, 1t was because the Crafts flights
have lost their novelty: certainly no
one felt any apprehension as to the
outcome of the voyage
As the dirigible was taken from it's
hangar another Stowaway-the seventh
since yeSterday-was caught as he,
dressed in mechanics clothes, attempted
to sneak into the hold through clos
ing door.
One Of the passengers aboard the
Zeppelin was the object of considerable
attention, not all of it sympathetic,
hours before the start. He was Prof
Gregoire Gourevitch, Russian pianist,
OF Paris, whose greatest regret. he said,
was that the grand plano which was
being taken as cargo would not be avail
able for him to play among the clouds,
high above the Atlantic.
So great was his delight at his an
ticipated adventure that he spent most
OF Wednesday evening at the Hotel
kurgarten, playing a piano which he
found there. He retired early, but at
am. came from his room and sought
the piano again, remarking that he was
nervous.
400 Pounds Of Freight.
Among other passengers aboard were
inventor. and Lieut.. Comdr. Vincent A.
Clarke of Lakehurst. N. j.
There were various contrivanceS
aboard for passengers amusement, such
as a photograph with a loud speaker
and chess boards. Most OF the pasSen-
gers had cameras and there were sew
eral typewriters, Capt. Wilkins carrying
his without cover SO as to save weight.
1t was expected the gorilla would be
taken from her cage from time to time
for entertainment
The ship carried 4400 pounds of
freight in addition to its passengers
this including considerable air mail, a
grand piano, u painting and other
things. In addition, a huge supply of
food and fresh water had been placed
aboard, to provide rations for much
longer period than that expected to be
used in the flight.
Instead of Blau gas, for whcih the
ships motors are best fitted, supply
OF Leunal gas was taken along for fuel.
zoe See Graf or.
The crew of 40 included, besides DR..
Eckener and his son Knud, Capts.
Ernest August Lehman. Hans Kurt
Flemming and Hans Won Schiller. En-
gineer Karl Beuerle, who was in charge
OF the motors on the last American
flight, has given way to a new man for
training purposes.
approximately 200 spectators assem-
bled at the field to see the big ship off
1t remained In sight in the dreary
weather for only 10 minutes.
Weather reports received just before
departure said that conditions were ex-
cellent over the Atlantic, particularly
to the south. Should the conditions
maintain they probably would have the
effsct Of forcing an extreme southek1y
course, greatly increasing the distance
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