Show lONG JOURNEY FOR DIRIGIBLE Largest Army Craft Wilt Wil fako Make Extensive Flight Plight SCOTT FIELD Belleville III Ill July 12 Wy By By The As AssOciated elated Press The Presa-The The Its RS largest army arm and flag flagship Oa ship of or Scott field will embark this month on its longest flight night A tour to Washington New Yo York Yort and Boston with a possible stop a athe at atthe atthe the Ford mooring mast In DetroIt on the homeward trip has been ar arranged ar ar- arranged ranged as s an educational flight for a crew of or about nine aine Ine men commanded by Col Cot John A A commandant of or Scott Field largest rigid craft and is approximately a third as large as the Los Angeles rigid airship of or the navy Launched in January Januar 1920 Its longest Jor previous flight was to Detroit on the first leg of a a. proposed mile 1200 hegira which was canceled because of adverse ad weather conditions On a t flight here six months ego ago e. e o the RS 1 was wu compelled to remain aloft for nearly 20 O hours because a mile 51 gale made It Impossible to toland toland land It was in constant communication cation with the field The ship has three gondolas two to for engines and one a II navigators cabin slung to an aluminum keel which gives it semi It is feet reet long 73 feet teet in diameter and has a a. helium capacity of cubic feet The eastern tour tear will take the RS 1 to Langley Held Field Va Boiling Field Washington Washing lon D. D C C. Lakehurst N N. J J. J up the Atlantic seaboard by byway byway byway way of Mitchel Field Long Island probably as os far as Boston Doston and thence by a return route to up the Hudson river over oyer Troy and West Vest WestPoint WestPoint Point N. N Y over o Buffalo and back to its s hangar with ith the conditional halt at Detroit D if weather permits |