New Britain herald., 1930-08-16

brimming glass of water, placed on table in the cabin of the R-1O0 before the departure from Montreal did not spin drop all the way across the Atlantic.
 The R-100 passengers acquired a sense of absolute security within a | few hours after the start of the voyage. The ship averaged a speed | approximately three times greater than that of the fastest of ocean | liners. Once, aided by southwest gale, she attained pace of 92 i 92 miles per hour,
 Want Better Weather Data
 Officers expressed the belief that 1 if more prompt meteorological data | had been available the navigators of the R-100 might have avoided the storm which hit the airship early Friday. By shaping a more norther- ly course the craft could have clrcled the bad area and thus made the crossing in 4S hours.
 Following the ships arrival the suggestion also was made that there might have been more cooperation between maritime authorities of Great Britain and Canada in map ping north Atlantic weather,
 However, Commander Colmore, Major Scott and other of the offi- cers asserted that the R-100's sue cess was an augury of a regular air line service between England and | Canada.
 Sir Dennistoun Burney, the crafts designer, said he looked forward to a bi-Weekly service with de luxe air ships. each carrying 100 passengers and from. five to ten tons of mail. operating under the direction of the British and Canadian governments. Meanwhile, he said, the R-lO0 should be used for some conner cial purpose and be sent back to Canada for further experimental work. The aircraft, he declared, should make frequent transatlantic flights with passengers and mail in- stead of lying idle at Darlington.
 Darlington, Eng, Aug Is P- The British dirigible R-100, was safely moored to her mast today at 12:0o p. m. (6:02 a m. esD after completing an 18-day 7.50o mile voyage across the Atlantic to Can ada and return.
 It took one hour and 22 minutes to moor the giant craft from the time it was sighted just above the mooring mast.
 The official log showed that the approximate flyiPg time of the R. | 100 was 57 hours.
 Lord Thomson 'in a broadcast | speech congratulated all hands on the success of the voyage, con- mending it's contribution to the de- velopment of inter-empire commun- ication.
 Arrival Broadcast A minute description of the air ships arrival was put on the air by the British broadcasting com pany during the course of which an officer explained that the time re- qured for the return trip was heightened by heavy rains in mid ocean and strong headwinds in the latter part of the voyage.
 With her landfall near Fasnet Ireland, long before daylight, the airship passed in the beautiful sunny weather up the Bristol channel and across England to arrive over its mooring mast here at 10:40 a. m. ! GAO a. m. E. S. TD
 Departure from St. Hubert air port, Montreal, was at SIPS p. m., . E. S. T., Wednesday night, the trans atlantic crossing of 3,2S7 miles be- ing completed in 56 hours and 12 minutes at average speed of 56 miles per hour.
 Crowds Await Dirigible Crowds which had gathered from before dawn witnessed the arrival of the dirigible. the largest craft of it's kind in the world. Lord Thomson, British air minister, head ed the official welcoming committee He himself was at the field since 7:30 a. m.
 The R-100 in making the crossing travelled almost without deviation along the great circle route between Montreal and Darlington. At times with favorable winds it made as high a speed as 100 miles per hour. A other times it was slowed down by adverse winds to as slow as 2 oI Is miles an hour.
 storms Tears Fabric
 Save for rainstorm which made for rough going yesterday morning and caused some small tears in the fabric of the envelope, the return trip was made without incident. One of the ships six engines did not function at all. Throughout a large part of the voyage home, only three engines were used. An accident tc the ships stove Friday, which ne- cessitated cold meals during the lat. ter stages of the trip, was accepted with good humor.
 Completes 3.2s7 Mile Trip
 The arrival ended a journey Of B. 2S7 miles almost without deviat tior alO1S tilc great C!lNlt lOulc btlH ttI the Canadian city and the airdrome here.
 The dirigible which left Montrea at St. Hubert airport. Montreal, al S:2S p. m. (E. s. T) Wednesday needed 56 hours and twelve minutes to complete the trip here.
 This represented an average speed for the crossing of about 5S miles pei hour. The crossing took 48 minute! more than the record crossing of tht Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst tt Friedrichshafen in August 1929.
 The Graf Zeppelin however travel ed almost 4.200 miles on that trip 1T 55 hours and z4 minutes, an average sped of 75 miles per hour, agains the R-10o's journey of nearly 1,00'
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