Show rp Lr Lf 4 7 A A W 40 Q a fL L f v y CJ g gw r B pi r 1 o 0 C CI w w r Y r I 4 rOo 1 r V r J o I LH ir r i if v y tf f k 1 r p I I XI Cn cinCe ll Ze Y fOT an Cl N n retrospect of ot the year 1905 1003 probably pro probably 11 IN ably the most mo t striking thing about the period will be the wonderful made ronde In tho sphere of oC aerial navigation QUon In no preceding period of oC equal length lenth line ins ono fraction of or tho the accomplishments of oC been n achieved New records r for distance height and practically every everything everything everything thing else elso were made malic and fonts feats per performed performed formed which von Ten one ODO year previous pr would have been deemed Iho tho ravings of or ofen nn en unbalanced d mind More flights were WUI made mildo In every part of or the world In every conceivable typo type of or machine and nod the public at large began to respect t the tho prophecies of oC those tho e who foretold a n practical utilization of or these strange c birds of or passage for sport commerce and nod war nr Apart from the worldwide sensational achievements of oC the Wright brothers whoso wonderful accomplishments on both rides of oC the Atlantic have bare been received with n Ith Fuch uch acclaim probably most Interest attaches to the tho work Jn In Germany Germ ny of at Count Coant Zeppelin 7 with an nn entirely different type of or air vessel e eI The airship In la not an 10 like the Wrights machines but nn an air airship ship combining the qualities of ot a balloon yet unlike tho thu latter In that It In IR dirigible The Zeppelin was WI and Is there have bavo been a treat rent cylindrical frame Crame framework work worl won of ot aluminum pointed at the ends and covered conred with linoleum Inside n row rou of oC ordinary round balloons arc Inflated d Close Clows Clo beneath tb th the cylindrical body of oC the thu airship are suspended Ron gnu on dolse which float Ilont on oo tho water often oCten necessary when tho the ship Is lq first launched launch d from Its It I abed lIb ll on the waters of o Lake Constance where most Dost of oC tho bo flights l have been b n held or when alighting on the tho same body beds of or water The Tho motors nod propellers are well up on the tides Ides of oC the ae cigar FO eo that they push lush right In the thu line Hue the tho body nan has to travel By lly careful study Count Zeppelin has evolved r ole 1 a series lIerl of oC rudders anti and propellers which enable him to go Just where he thus realizing most moat remarkably the dream of or an nn almost t perfectly dirigible airship The Tho Th flight last August of ot this remarkable creation of ot the German scientist over oer the lice mountains of or the German Swiss frontier heralded around the world awoke n oke that ame world to the possibilities of ot airships of ot this kind Even EIen the wreck ot or Ibo tho Zeppelin IV 1 meant nothing as concerns thin tho merits of ot tho rho machine for or the storm did lid most mo t of o othe the damage through tho the leakage of oC CUB gae mingled with the air Inside tho the alum aluminum num This mixture made n 0 strong and nud powerful explosive Ie only really ready for Cor a n spark sparl of oC any kind to bring about the tho wreck lied Had the Zeppelin been heen dying flying In Inthe Inthe the air at nl the time site she might easily have been saved caved ed for Cor to airships air means mean safety Just as water of oC great rent depth does doe to which In shallow water Crater arc oro lost The wonderful performance of oC this par Zeppelin was accomplished on en Au August August gust gUilt 4 4 I the trip being from tram Lithe Con Coti Constance ConI stance I to Basel and Strasburg down lown the flume to n a distance of ot 20 o miles Automobiles which attempted to follow It were Tere left far behind so great was the speed l of or the airship The ned acci accident deut dent which destroyed tho the machine oc occurred occurred ou on the return trip or rather rn ther while preparations were being heln made for Cor the thc return from Count Zeppelin had telegraphed for tor more cylinders and was waiting for tor them when a R small cyclone arose aro e which dashed the airship held hel by hy soldiery soldier to tho the ground and destroyed eI It ItIn ItIn itIn I In conjunction with tho explosions which came camo Immediately afterward L Throughout all nil Germany the loss of oC the tho wonderful machine was felt to bo be n a national calamity and messages of ot con condolence condolence dolence und and offering assistance were sent In from every overy corner of oC tho lire empire Sub Subscription Su lists were opened at once In Berlin Bremen Stuttgart art and other towns and cities i In Germany und Switzer Switzerland Switzerland land to provide funds funda for the tile construction construction construction tion of oC a n successor to the lost airship I A check from Crom Ibo tho Imperial councilors for tor iJ j ri riY f iP io f W v 4 I I JIW L tj t t Ii I l J t c J t 1 r t fi l A f fg III t tr jf I jl s 44 1 1 11 t ti t j t tt ki C f rW t g I 1 t t K t f f fd I I IwA d 1 wA Jt f tI f h hJ J ij t 1 1 c 1 IP I t t 1 11 i f c t tt il t b v ll J 0 J SJ i t A f J p I t w w 1 et fi l I w i M I IJ Ik J r k g 7 e L fn ae r ana d rr Ze pP p to co 1 oo l nn un advance on the budget hulot appropriated printed by bj the state stale for tor aeronautical ex ox experiments was sent on to the Count tm Im Immediately mediately Opinions on 00 tho thin part port of ot experts In iii re ro regard regard gard ard to the flue Zeppelin nud its typo type of ot air airships airships ships for tor practical tit war purposes followIng follow following ing tho alto accident were many and varied Some felt C that it showed the would be he of ot value only as ns a 0 fortress bal balloon balloon loon especially the rigid rl ld and typo like hike till the Zeppelin the other German and French FrInch war I III 1 III In contrast to the collapsible kind ordinary war bal balloons loons heretofore used ell by h tho the United States and other governments All the thu Lit latter tor can be deflated at nt once which was not true truo of o the tho destroyed Zeppelin or any uny un of ot Its ILs predecessors or Its successor which have had bad nn an aluminum skin which renders such n a method of or Impo Man Many authorities took the III other ether point polut of or view Iw und asserted that the true acci accident dent to tho the Zeppelin was what might ml ht happen to any finy airship and an 1 till did not ills dis disprove prove prOe the tho possibility and the lie probability of or such machines becoming real factory factors In III the wars of or the future Where here an nu or ordinary 11 airship or balloon could bo be tune punctured turgid tur when within gun gnu un range the aluminum hum num covering ot of machines like the Zep Zeppelin I would render such Rach a possibility re remote remote mote especially from small arms arm Over one onu million dollars were sub Rull subscribed scribed for the new Zeppelin whose speed speedy construction was made possible through the undamaged condition of o much of or the machinery of ot tho Zeppelin IV n The rho new ue airship made mado Its Initial appear unco In October It carried ten paa and went through evolutions which for speed unit and stability could not bo ho surpassed At t an on average height of ot feet the machine went Tent through these th evolutions and nud attained a n speed cd of at about 21 I miles nn an hour traveling for or over three hours houn At the height ot of 1000 feet a won wonderful wonderful exhibition was given n the tho craft turning to the right rind left leCt and then Ihen spinning completely around at an nn angle nn le leoC of oC 5 degrees It raised Us lis bow IJO and anil Its stern alternately and mado short abort sharp dashes In nay any direction the engineer de le It wa was n a wonderful display of ot the lie absolute control of or the Ibe machine lIter Later In the thu same pome month the Kaisers brother r Prince Henry who visited vl this country was n passenger nod and for Cor a n long longtime Ion longtime time steered the machine On this trip the tho th airship which Is IR ii pictured herewith stayed 1 up fur for seven hours miles an nn hour against n tho rho wind were scored on tho return trip this was went sent up to 30 Tho rho successful trip enjoyed by h Prince Henry Induced the tho crown cron prince to fly Oy too loo so fI In November last Frederick Wll Wil Wilhelm helm boarded the airship null nod salted sailed from Cr m to en nt ot linden where the Kaiser himself elt was met meL The airship followed the tiro Imperial train Into loto the town ton nl at an un altitude of oC be between bet between tween t und and GOO COO feet Ceet tho crown prince talking to his royal father through n a megaphone anti the Kaiser acknowledging this by hy waving his bis hand baud Last folt but not least the Kaiser Kaller himself I decided to lo tar lly with Count Zeppelin On the lie day scheduled one ono ot of his hili stet staff much resembling the tho German ruler did ascend anti nud the tho news Wild was telegraphed nit nil over tam tho world that the thu Kaiser had gone Ione up Tills fida was afterwards proven to be bo nn an error though there Is a n certainly that the be Indefatigable will rill be lie found one on of or those these days doy flying In III tho rho Zeppelin In III which he be has ban ever eer maintained thin tho most thorough Interest This Interest Is 19 so keen JIL n that largely lar el through his own sug following a l report by Ir tho the special commission appointed by br the war depart department department ment the tho th Gorman German government has pur purchased chased dl lie thu Zeppelin rills Tole would seem to o establish beyond b question the opinion by eminent authorities In lit regard 1 to the proc practicability for Cor war purposes lIl of ot this shIp There can con be he no sweet without Its bitter blUer Y i i ir A Y r Lv F f J aK zYrl 1 zap d c s ve o lo t e and Count Zeppelins word record r ord of at a n 1 flight t with lIh his bla lIl destroyed craft was lost to tn him hint last fall when Major fJor Gross semi rigid airship clayed In the air for tor 13 hours It marks a 11 triumph for tor the tho Germano Ger German Germon mon man army Identified with nero aero among whom Major Groan Cross who designed the and new RI has bus long loot been one of ot the most mORt conspicuous Otis ous OU members m Professor Schulte of the Technical University at nt fol tol followed lowed up the tho performance of nC Gross Cross with an nn announcement of plans for tor n a rigid air airship ship which will exceed tho thin Zeppelin In and carrying power Wood Instead of ot aluminum will be used on the machine Two TWI gus gas motors will propel 1 the shut ship Count Zeppelin who Iho has bur done so 50 much for tor aeronautics In 70 0 years old Ito IJo I Is n II retired army officer ulcer At thu the age KO of ot otho 25 5 ho bo was detailed nR as lieutenant of oC cavalry to observation duty with the Union Array Army In tho rho Civil War Me Hu Il accompanied the cavalry brigade commanded by Carl Schurz and his hi Oral first ascent was In 11 n balloon sent up to Investigate the tho Con federate lines Ines After Atter tho War Ir and Rol tho the War ar In 10 both of oC which ho bo served nerved with distinction ho was wan retired as nf a Heo Then It won wan he began his la in nero mantles Some Interesting facts his hili airship are It coo con and hits ban hn 1 carried 10 persons at nt ono one time It 1 11 is over 4 MO W teat feet long and 45 15 feet reet In diameter r Sixteen separate compartments hold the th gas for t r support supporting Ing In tho airship Blunt at nt the Uio bow It topers tapers to the stern whore tho tha t e steering device Is fixed Underneath lb two lode Inde Independent pendent motors each eh of pro attached to separate platforms Sleeping SI quarters for far th tb crew Bro are prod pro provided vided for und and the th airship carries C a wire wireless less lerM outfit Such Is 10 tho the greatest of ot all nil times time the machine which will ploy play nn no Important part In 10 any auy European Europ on war Tor Germany may moy be Involved In from Cram this timo forth only Instead Inti tend ot of one the Ger Oer German German man Army will have n 1 fleet of ot similar machines led forth to battle by the Zap Zep Zeppelin pello Itself |