Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-09 | Page 2 | Zeppelin Reaches America Opening Regular Sea Route

Zeppelin Reaches America Opening Regular Sea Route LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION N. N J. J May 9 UP UP- UP The German dirigible Hindenburg feet of f majestic beauty arrived t today day on the first commercial airship flight ht between Eu Eu- I Eu-I rope and the United States 4 Its arrival marked inauguration of ot regular passenger mail mall and freight airship service between Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope and the Unit United d States In a velvet smooth h almost noiseless noiseless noise noise- less flight of miles from Friedrichshafen Fried- Fried Germany the Hindenburg Hindenburg Hindenburg Hinden Hinden- burg lopped nearly a day and a half halt from the westward airship record set b by its veteran sister ship Graf Grat Zeppelin 10 Trip Trips This Summer Th The flight ht was one of 10 round trips to be made this summer It means that within a month when the American Clipper planes plane start starl regular passenger service across the Pacific It will be possible as an ordinary ordinary or or- paying passenger to travel around the globe in a matter of da days comfortably by air The Hindenburg leaving Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen Fried- Fried at p. p m. m Wednesday passed up t the c Rhine across Holland down the English channel along the English coast across the Atlantic At At- breasting lantic-breasting lantic breasting without disturbIng disturbing disturbing disturb disturb- ing the flower vases in its cabins a torrential rainstorm and tossing air currents and nd into Its American port It was sighted over Long Island just before dawn today and flew up Manhattan island level with and almost touching the Empire State building tower turned down the length of the island again as crowds crowdson on Broadway Cheered and arrived at Lakehurst as the sun was warming warming warming warm warm- ing up Debarkation Speeded Not for a minute not for a mile on the trip was the ship anything but a giant commercial liner Its flight light was smooth almost noiseless without Incident Here at the naval air station the navy army crew worked with pre pre- i Customs health immigration and agricultural quarantine men met the ship as they would have met an ocean liner Jiner and passed its lu passengers gers and mails malls and freight There was a bus waiting to take the passengers rs into their new waiting waiting wait wait- in ing room in the hangar The Hindenburg was sighted at Lakehurst at a. a m. m E. E D. D T. T and two minutes later was over the field At a. a m. m the minute at which Dr Kurt Hurt Eckener en r Zeppelin chief and Captain Ernst Lehmann in active active active ac ac- ac- ac tive control had that they would arrive the ship was se secured secured secured se- se cured to the locking mast Hour 61 Grousing Crosing It had made the flight in 61 hours 50 minutes and it had taken 33 hours and 32 minutes from the 95 hour minute 22 record set by the theold theold theold old Graf Dr Eckener stood at a window Inthe in inthe inthe the fore control cabin Howdy Howdy he shouted to the cheering crowd Eckener was first out He was greeted by Commander Charles E. E Rosendahl U. U S. S N. N commanding I Ithe the air station Passengers re remained re re-i on the ship while it was WM hauled attached to its mobile mast to the hangar A score of airplanes flew over over- head They had been warned not notto notto notto to approach closer than one mile mUe One did a n. navy plane chased it off Some spectators were drenched as the dirigible dropped water ballast