The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-31
A|RSHIP
IS PUSHING ON
TO MONTREAL
R. 100 Is BuCking Contrary
Winds as 1t Noses Way
Up st. Lawrence.
KEEPS 50.MILE SPEED
Giant DirigibIe Expected to
End Ocean Flight
Early Tonight.
BY GILBERT DRAPER
United Press STAFF Correspondent

ST. HUBERT AIRPORT, Quebec,
July 31-The R-10O lodged con-
trary winds that impeded her prog
gress to Montreal and began push
ing up the river to her destination
today at @ good rate of speed.
After crossing the Atlantic in a
highly successfully demonstration
Of the new flexible" type of dir
igible as a link in swift communi-
cations within the British empire,
the. R-100 encountered fog and
contrary winds at the mouth of the
st. Lawrence.
Commander. r. S. Booth turned
the great ship, the largest now
afloat, sharply to the north after
Rstriking the mainland of southern
Quebec at Cape Magdelaine at 8
a. m, eastern standard time. He
crossed the st. Lawrence, seventy
miles wide at that point, in nortl-
westerly direction to Seven Islands
bay.
Winds Are Better
There more favorable winds were
encountered and the dirigible picked
up speed, turning southwestward
down the river in a line for Mon
treal, 435 miles away. With an aver
age of fifty miles an hour. which
he apparently hoped to make, the
dirigible could reach st. Hubert at
p. m. Her previous speed would
not have brought her here until IL
p. m. or midnight. However, the
dirigible still was encountering oc-
casional contrary winds and the
probable time of arrival was not
definite.
If the R-100 reaches here by 74S
p. m. she will have covered the voys
age of approximately $500 miles in
seventy hours, at an average speed
of fifty miles an hour.
Time Almost Same
The time compares almost exactly
with that of the Los Angeles Chen
the zR-3) in flying from Fried
richshafen to Lakehurst in 1924,
when she made 4010 miles IN
eighty-one hours. The Graf Yep
pelin has made much better time,
however.
The RICO was reported at Cod
bout, fifteen miles west of Trinity
bay, at 1925 a. m.
After following the north shore
from Trinity bay to the mouth Of
the Godbout river, the dirigible
veered more to the south and at
11:55 a. m. was reported passing
Father Point, approximately seventy
miles away on the south shore. It's
around fifty miles an hour.
Father Point is $50 miles from
Montreal. All the dirigible needed
to do to make st. Hubert by st.
Hubert by 7 p. m. eastern stand
ard time, was to maintain its fifty
mile speed.
May Delay Mooring
Local weather conditions were de-
scribed as favorable for mooring to-
night, and unless there is a decided
change, the dirlgible should be
moored within an hour Of arrival.
II the late afternoon heat is in-
tense, however, officials might wait
until we'll after sunset, since ex-
pansion caused by heated air makes
the ship difficult to maneuver down.
The weather forecast along the
river from Father Point to Mon
treal was light to moderate vest
erly winds and fair weather, with
good visibility.
The crowds and members of the
reception committee began arriving
here at noon. Several hundred SOL
diers, sailors and mounted police
were on hand to keep order. Colonel
James Ralston, minister of defense,
arrived by airplane. He was joined
by Mayor Camillien House Of Mon
treal, Major General A. S. L. Nc
Naughton and Brigadier General w.
B. N. King, commander of the Mon
treal military district.
Forty-four men are aboard the
R-100, including five officers and
seven passengers, the latter travelling
in official capacities.