Evening star., 1936-05-10
PASSENGERS TELL
ZEPPELIN THRILLS
U. S. Navy Observer Sees
Vision of New Tests
With Big Craft.
Or the Associated Press.

BY tnC ASSOCldJeu FIcco'
IAKEHURST, N j., May 9.-For
those who few into Lakehurst TO-DAY
from Friedrichshafen, the first North
Atlantic crossing of the German dir
leible Hindenburg meant many things.
For Or. Hugo Eckener, the griZzled,
heavy-set veteran, and for Capt. Ernst
lehman. the skipper, the perform
ence of the Hindenburg meant "a
very, very successful trip"
To Capt. Murray Simon of London,
who 26 years ago was navigator for
Walter Wellman in an attempted
West-to-East crossing of the Atlantic
in the America. the safe landing meant
"the dream of Walter Wellman has
come true"
Sees Military Use for U. S.
The fight brought to Lieut.. Comdr.
Scott E. Peck, official observer for
the United States Navy aboard the
dirigible. a vision of the United States
embarking again on experiments with
lighter -than-air ships.
II believe" he said, "the activities
. of the Hindenburg will call attention
of the United States to the great pos
sibilities of the dirigible. as carriers
for both commercial and military
loads"
An idea for detective yarn came to
Leslie Charters of London, mystery
story writer, who confessed he made
the trip looking for one.
IT was interested in discovering
whether a Zeppelin could be kid
naped,' he said If small group
took possession of the ship, the only
way you could get it down would be
shoot it down, and then you would
kill every one on board"
Priest Impressed.
No event in his life was more "im-
rressive," said the Rev. Paul Schultz,
Germany's flying missionary" than
when he conducted the first air mass
high above the clouds.
1T was all very quiet up there
and one seemed nearer Heaven" he
said. There was no noise and nc
roll of any kind. 1t was better than
just all right
Mrs. Clara Adams of New York
and Stroudsburg, Pa. said today hel
biggest thrill was seeing ''the shadow
of the airship on the ocean"
1T looked like a giant sea NAM
NAL af1oat," said Mrs. Adams, who
was the first woman to buy a ticket
to fly across the Atlantic from the
United States.
She made the Eastward crossing or
Che Graf Zeppelin in 1923.
She called the trip on the Hinden-
burg 1.-The climax of my % years Of
air travel" and said, 'as soon as
get a chance I am going to cross
that way again.
Linen, Food Praised.
Women on the flight appreciated the
ships exquisite china and table linen
she said. 1T was like a well-ap-
pointed hotel.
THE cuisine was wonderful and
the beds were roomy. I never slept
50 well before in anything in the
air"
Mrs. Adams said the ships shadow
on the ocean was framed by ngnl
Sreen aura, and once an enormous
rainbow formed around it.
"As we approached Lakehurst, we
saw a perfect reflection Of the ship
in a lake. 1t was like looking at
another airship under u.s.
One man in the big ship was par
Iicularly interested in the aluminium
piano.
He was DR.. Rudolph Bluethner
Leipzig piano manufacturer, who was
as proud of the performance of his
specially-built instrument, as was DR.
Eckener and Capt. Lehman of the
performance of the ship.
Miss Martha E. Brooke, fashion
editor Of the London Tatler, visiting
the United States for the third time
said: THE trip from Lakehurst tc
Newark was much rougher than the
trip across the Atlantic.
Sir Hubert WilkinS-"It was swell
all the way over. I liked the Statue
of Liberty. It's the best sight OF
all."