Show Guide Airship Macon on OIL Trial Trip L. L I j c 4 J I d r I 74 4 I r s' s t V I IE E t A I II IJ I I I I t These are arc the men who have e been l' l placed In command of the Macon I i sister ship of the lost Akron Below I I left is U C Commander H II II II Dresel In charge of the ship At the right la is L t Lieutenant Commander B B. B 3 J. J Rodgers r I Above left to right are Lieutenant t. t p S S. S.- E E. E re reck Lieutenant C C. C M. M Bolster 2 4 4 Li I Lieutenant t Commander J J. J SC C. C Arnold Arnold I I Lieutenant I G G. G W. W Campbell Chief B It w. w A B u JI Tl T iBl i in i nl r i tenant C.- C. CW W. W R Roland land I I 1 1 j Macon Starts Out OutOn OutOn On Maiden Flight Akron's Sister Airship Carries Persons Persons on Shakedown Trip By KENNETH E. E SANDERS l' l t J Associated Press Staff Writer AKRON Ohio April The Th 21 The U. U S. S S S. Macon successor successor sor to the lost Akron soared through the air today on her herma ma maiden e J. J shakedown flight fUgh preliminary to winning the navys navy's ifo u. K The giant airship the airship the worlds world's largest carried largest carried persons including including ing g 11 officers with Captain Alger HL H. Dresel el In command 8 mem members rs of th the naval of Inspection n under Day and 31 d inspectors of the Good- Good the builders Zeppelin year company After Alter been aloft an hOl hb hour r and a halt half Captain Dresel sent radio orders to dismiss the ground crew until 5 p. p m. m eastern castern standard time Ume indicating the ship would remain remain remain re re- re- re main up well over 11 hours She took off of at 59 a. a m. m For more than an hour Captain Dresel kept the Macon in this vicinity vicinity vicin vicin- ity then flew over Cleveland There was no announcement as s to what course th flight would take after e rl that f A minor accident accident was the only untoward un un- un- un toward incident ident as the Mac Macon n nosed off into a sixmile ix mlle an hour northeast breeze breez shortly after daybreak J. J J E. E Wilson a member of ot the ground cr crew slipped from a platform of the giant mobile mooring mast and suffered d possible fractures of the legs He was was- taken to a hospital for an X CLEVELAND April 21 The WI-The The u.S. U.S. U. U S. S S. S airship Macon making her maiden flight arrived over th the Cl Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- vc- vc land airport at a. a m. m eastern standard time today an hour and a Continued on Pa Paso ruo o Two 5 t MACON STARTS MAIDEN Continued From aee sae One Uj d hill half after she he went aloft at Akron odd 30 miles away J AKRON Ohio April 21 W-B W Reri JP-Reri are vital facts r regarding the tha United States Stales navy dirigible Macon 4 Dimensions 78 Dimensions feet fed long Iong 14 1485 f fet feet et high over all 1329 feet maximum diameter i U J Gas volume volume cubic feet Dead weight weIght pounds eitt uti- mated n Useful lift pounds pound Engines Engine Eight Eight 12 cylinder 12 er g motors totaling horse power Speed 84 Speed 84 miles per pcr ho hour r cst ct mated maximum Cruising r range mU miles s estimated at 40 knots In still air Crew Fifty Crew Fifty officers and men no nor mal flying crew Fuel Fuel 12 pounds Equipment Radio Equipment Radio live aIrplane seven gun KUn emplacements arrange ments lor for cooking and heating clec trie lights telephones Structure Structure rings i ii reality sided 36 polygons form ij twelve main bays bas connected by triple longitudinal keels each trIangular shaped and large enough for lor a ato mill mi to walk inside Cover Seven Cover Seven acres of cotton fab tab fabric ric nc sprayed with acetate and and num powder to reflect the sun sun ati wa water Gas cells cells Twelve Twelve In number made madi from twelve acres of special fabric coated with gelatine latex and fill filled with noninflammable helium |