Show DESCRIPTION OF FIRST BALLO BALLOON N TO OCEAN CROSS I t I I I Where Crew 4 T V Works Eats and Sleeps Shown to U. U S. S i. i of i A. A Aviation E Experts I t. t Mineola X Y T. Jul July 9 Officers Officers o of the United States s arm army and 11 navy avi- avi J atlon sections have hn been permitted to Inspect the tho ship and Capt Samuel St SamuelI T Tt t I Moore of the tho balloon section of oC the I arm army today gave to the thc Associated I Press Press representative a description ot of It it t the first than lighter ship to cross cros the Atlantic t f Overall Over th the R 34 Is feet Ceet In length lenth length I I- I with four cars car or gondolas suspended H envelope The t from tho shaped cigar 1 forward gondola Is occupied b by thet tho the 4 t navigator ator and pilots and from It all nil alli i. i parts parta of or the tho ship are con controlled b b i means menU of ot speaking tubes and bells J 1 i signals i I f In tho the rear of or the forward Jon gondola ola IP le tho wireless 8 room w which also alSI holds hold one ont of the ships ship's engine The two tide Ide gondolas 8 each ench contain ln an engine ne i t and aid are ue only largo Jaro enough for two men mon ll to work ork The rear real car col holds two ent en- en t 4 gines While the gondolas can cnn bo ho seen een b by visitors to the field little or nothing r Las has been allowed to filter out concerning con- con I the Inside of the bl big bag Inside Inside In- In Inside side the ba bag bap Is the tho deck of oC tho the ship of lor tho the It runs the greater part len length th of oC the tho bag and Is only nine niner r Inches Inch wide except at Its middle where It widens out Into a compartment compartment compart- compart ment n feet used by the officers and crew 0 as ns a din dining Ins Ins- salon Stored nt Top I The hydrogen gas the gas tho lifting power I t of oC the Is ship ship la carried in eighteen compartments inside the tho envelope cn t Th These e compartments arc at the top r- r of c-of of oC the t ship and are arc of or gold old beaten skin ikIn which In In common language ul c Is t nothing moro more than the linings of or intestines in- in s of oC calves I Ir r When ready to start Mart on a flight the i final Inflation of or these gas s-as containers I ls is made This operation takes place I v usually at the minimum temperature of or of the air all when the greatest quantity of of or gas can be taken Into the tho bags The c expansion of or gas In the bags bas Isi Is t i relieved by releasing water ballast at the the rate of 10 per pcr cent of or water in 20 degrees of oC 1111 rising In I temperature Also 10 per cent of or water ballast is released 6 In each 2500 feet of oC altitude When the R 34 leaves lea the ground ti I It Jt Is permitted to r re c to Its equilibrium or about as aa high as ns it can go f On reaching Its equilibrium the engines en- en f gines are arc started and ami the flight be- be beI I 1 Ins The fuel gasoline fuel gasoline nd nd Is oil oil is carried In one eighty tanks Sixteen 1 of or these tanks are arc fixed to the framo work of the hag bag ng structure and tho the others arc are known as sliding tanks and andI I I can be discarded as ballast should tho the occasion arise The water ballast Is carried In canvas canvas can can- vas bags of at two types There Thero are eight emergency bags four Cour forward and four tour aft aCt which may be emptied In emergency because they the cannot bo be controlled Six other water bags baSS aro are j controlled by levers ers and their contents contents con- con tents can be released as desired The Tha water ballast contains alcohol in suf- suf f amount mount t to o prevent freezing In h high altitudes 4 Eat nt Standing Up t The dining salon aalon contains three ta tail ta- ta il 1 bles bies capable of or being raised to tho tuDer 4 cr framework when not in use Tho The saloon salon Is large e enough to permit halt hall hallof haltof of or the crew v to cat cat at a a. time time- time The food is coo d by appliances attached f to the exha t pipes of ot the tho engines The diners s stand and at a a. cupboard there being no chairs aboard th the tho ship hip The crew crow sleep In light hammocks along tho the sides erf the deck suspended i lout out over o the bag proper and In caso case i t a sleeper falls from hl his net there is nothing to prevent him falling talling through the bag to death All members of ot the crew wear W rubber rubber rubber rub rub- ber soled shoes to prevent pre the possibility pos pos- I pos of striking a spark which I would mean n damage amage and possible disaster disaster dis dis- I aster to the bag I |