Show I 1 i I I I I 1 I j I NAVY DIRIGIBLE SAFELY HOU HOUSED ED AT LAKEHURST T Shenandoah Rea Reaches c h e s sHome Home Station at Midnight Midnight Mid Mid- night After AUer Trip to Northwest and Return Proud Citizens Share Enthusiasm Enthusiasm Enthusiasm En En- of Naval Officials Officials and Men in Signal I Accomplishment of Ship I r LAKEHURST N. N J. J The navy dirigible Shenandoah came to earth at Its home station here Just justat at midnight after a Journey of j I miles mUes across the across he country and back back backI j I 1 which had taken eighteen days anda and a half halt Sailors Immediately swarmed on board and anti assisted the ground crew in completing the landing A large crowd witnessed the housing of ot the dirigible I The communication officer officer of at the I naval air station here received a a. aradio aradio radio message from the Shenandoah I at 10 p. p m. m asking the station to be prepared to land the dirigible at atI 10 1030 30 The location of th the ship I was no not given I The ship was sighted by station observers at 11 1100 00 p. p m. m I After making several great circuits circuits cir cir- cir cir- cults of the field the Shenandoah i i headed into a swift wester westerly breeze and came over her landing field wi with h motors turning slowly Then apparently de deciding to bring the craft closer her commander turned her to the tho south in another great grea turn which took her out of sight After circling above the field of or orI the navy air station the thc crew of ot the I airship dropped a coIl coll of ot rope from a a. trap door at 11 1150 50 This was Im Immediately ImI mi- mi mediately grasped by the ground I crew and the ship was wall drawn to earth the control cabin touching ground Just at midnight Trip Makes New 3 Air Travel History ABOARD U. U S S. S S. S SHENANDOAH SHENA DOAH via Radio to Ft Hayes Co Columbus Columbus Columbus Co- Co lumbus 0 O. Oct 25 A A new era In Inthe Inthe inthe the history of lIght r J gaBon gation was was written tonight when the big nav navy airship Shenandoah ah boy hov hovered ered gracefully home Iome hangar hangar han han- gar at Lakehurst N N. J I completing Its remarkable record record- record breaking mile mlle cruise Not only were the worlds world's records of achievement broken but a greater thrill came to the country countr from the fact tact that the first built American-built rigid airship had made the first voyage across the United States and returned The test of ot ship and me men a a. test teat teat-as as severe as any BI ever er faced has hris been successfully met The Shenandoah cast off oft from the mooring at Lakehurst and started I on its long cruise at 10 a. a m ni moo Octo- Octo ber her 7 At 11 o'clock tonight hours had passed since the star start atarI In that time the Shenandoah had been tl flying Ing with ith its engines s running for tor hours and 38 minutes and moored to a mast for hours and 22 minutes The latter Includes five days or 01 hours that the ship was being repaired HELIUM SAVED None of oC the precious helium was lost by difficulties during the theO O voy voy- Oage age All AU that escaped wa was to permit landing or set free b by automatic safety valves alves under the expansion of ot the high altitudes For every minute through the entire cruise the ship was as able to maintain constant radio communication cation with the land frequently with stations several thousand miles distant Weather Veather reports of offIcial official of- of messages instructions a as as to mooring hours and thousands of ot- words in press press- messages were sent and sad received New ew discoveries In Inthe Inthe the he possibilities of ot f radio communication communication cation from high altitudes v vre re made nade All of at the radio equipment carried carried car car- ried fed on board was manufactured at athe atthe atthe the he Bellevue experimental laboratory labora labora- tor tory ory Washington many of the tIre technicalities of which never had hadeen been een tried out before and their success was Wes evident RADIO EFFECTIVE As remarkable a as the effectiveness effectiveness effective effective- ness ess of the radio apparatus was tho the promptness with which communication ion tion was established In almost every en part art of the United States Thousands Thousands Thou- Thou sands ands of oC radio amateurs picked up the he speakers speaker's messages and relayed them hem to their destinations One of oC these hese amateurs was bedridden and not rot a few fey were retired telegraph or radio adio operators keeping their wrists limber limber and nightly talking through space pace with acquaintances they had never rever seen and rind knew only b by call callIn In 0 San DI Diego go The Tho actual flying time between cites ites deducting the time taken In locating the mooring masts through the he fogs was vas hours and 11 min mm- utes tea The fastest express trains be between between be- be tween the same cities make the run runa in a hours and 30 minutes also nIsI deducting the time for connections conne The The he five horsepower motors of th the h ship ran without a stop slop during sailing ailing hours The shortest voyage between cities was a thirty hour period For moat most of the cruise the motors were turning over at a 1200 revolutions evolutions per minute MOTORS KEEP TURNING During tho thee few tew critical hours when hen the big hea heavy loaded ship hip was wag crossing the crest of the R at nt atan an n altitude of ot feet the engines were rere roaring at 1400 revolutions rl per minute Had a single one hesitated the le navys navy's pride ot of the air I probably r bbl Continued on page pase 8 L I NA NAVY VY DIRIGIBLE SAFELY HOUSED AT LAKEHURST Continued tio from P page ge 1 would would- be e resting today a wreck In mountain a-mountain chasm Fuel consumption including a small amount for the radio generator generator genera- genera tor or and the tho cooking range averaged a gallon per mile The twenty immense Im im- Im- Im mense gas cells each from to cubic feet capacity inside of th the long silvered tube of the ship stood up equally well Yesterdays Yesterday's voyage was bumpy the ship rising and fallin falling in long glides 1000 feet between crest and trough An average speed of 55 miles an hour was maintained Engine Engine Engine En En- gine men Inca in their cramped cabin gave gay an an extra turn to their motors for home when the th mooring mast ca came In fn sight The men men experienced the same thrill at the sight sIghs of the mooring mast at Lakehurst as our soldiers did when pas statue of ot liberty on oct their return from France |