Show BALLOON CIRCLES IGLES 1 J EW I Storm Exp Expected to Speed Giant Homeward at Faster Rate Than Tha Voyage Voy age to U. U S. S Was Made 1 I R ROOSEVELT FIELD Mineola L. L I I. July By 9 9 By Un Universal Service The The 34 R is on Oil her way ay back t to Scotland S The giant airship cast off moorings at 1156 and soared away ta toward K New cw York to fl fly flyover flyOver over r th city be before ore ore- winging v her way the Atlantic on her way t to Fortune near Edinburgh l h. h 4 4 4 1 V A heavy torm m tile the vicinity i of dt the fhe Great Lak Lakes s s was wasI I the primary ri rf c cau c- c t- t t s sI early a I Meteorological e exports orts held that the storm would aid in her homeward I I flight whereas if It she had remained I 1 held in leash at the field hero she might have ha been wrecked by tho the pro pre 0 dieted heavy winds with with a velocity of ot tort forty miles mires an hour or more moro at nt Start As the mooring lines were cast oC oft off at the command ot of Major Scott tho the great slate colored envelope soared aloft alot at a sharp angle anglo a arid and d settled I down down to an even keel as ns ballast was released from the water tanks to ize the tho load In order to Insure this this this' same result the last of oC the hydrogen gas petrol and ballast was pumped In after the crew had gone sone on board with their lug lug- I Sa gage hC L i I ji j I i r As the airship Sell settled to a position the motors began to hum and with a final wave ave of or the tho hand hane to the h hf I f watchers s on the ground round below Major Scott headed a awn away 01 for Cor the Queensborough Queensborough Queens Queens- borough bridge From there thero the tho J course la lay up UJ the eat east 1 river to H Harlem Hat Har r- r lem then across the city and down don the west side to the battery From there the ship sailed over Governors Governor's island to Erie Brie basin and oyer over South Brooklyn and Bath flath b beach ach but ut to sea Mile 2000 Hop The route chosen the southern steamship route lies duo due east cast front from New e York for 1200 miles then over o the Fastnet Ireland IreI Ireland Ire Ire- Gre Great t Circle route to I land a n total distance of oC 2900 miles mUes out of sight of land From Fastnet the airship will head direct to Ea East t Fortune For For- tune near Edinburgh I Just before the start Scott Scot gave gac out the following statement I The on only I thing I 1 am nm sorry about is that I must leave so soon You Yuu know I ha have had only one night ayour n a I Sa aw saw your our New ew York All the tho sights there thero were ere wonderful I hope to come coma comeback comeback back back again and tec see more of them 34 It Too Small Climatic conditions on this side o of the Atlantic are ure yer very bad for tOT flying ships Althou Although h the It 3 has more than justified our hopes the trans trans- transAtlantic Atlantic airship of the future must be bo larger ane and faster r than n 3 H fl It Is figured d that th the jump of ot nearh nearly near near- ly h miles fr from m Mineola a to East Fortune Fortuno will Ill be mallu madu in l less ss than seventy hours hour W lv K rt Gregg GreC the tIle American meteorological meteorological meteorological mete mete- officer who was supervising ing the weather veather reports for the fliers lI rs urged Major Scott not to dela delay the start beyond dawn |