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Show I R-34 IS BACK IN ENGLAND I Trip Across Atlantic I Is Made on 3900 Gal-I Gal-I Ions of Gasoline. PULHAM, Norfolk. England, Inly 13 (By the Associated Press) Great Britain'.-, mammoih mm- Atlantic air ; pioneer, the dirigible R-Ci, arrived at the air station here at 6 56 o'clock, ' Greenwich mean time, loday, complet- ing her round trip from the British Jsirs to the United states and return.! The R-34 poked ho- nose out of the clouds northeast of the Ullage and after circling ih.' flying field three j( times, glided gently to the ground and len minutes later was housed in the dirigible shed. The voyage from. Kong Island was without particular in- cident and was completed in approx- f imatfely Beventy-five hour.- I As the R Z approached the field j it dropped from a height of 5,000 tor 2,000 feet The 400 men who were to C aid the airship in landing were or- I dered to their positions and waited silently as the ship circled the field. a dropping lower and lower When Major G H. Scott, her commander, com-mander, had maneuvered the airship into position for the landing. the water ballast was released to steady her aDd a rope was thrown from the bow. The rope was grasped by eager hands and the giant ship moved across the field to the shed when ihe delicate del-icate operation of berthing her was completed quieklv without accident. A military band stationed on the field played 'The Call of Dutj the airship he-pan to settle and then changed to the strains of ,:See, the Conquering Hero Comee .& the ship was warped into the shed the band played "Keep the Home Fires Burning." The tired, unshaven but smiling men who composed the crew Quickly climbed from the gondola and were creeled warmv by the officers and soldiers sol-diers gathered on the field. "The voyage home has been without incident, " said Major Scott. "We want breakfast." Story of Flight After breakfast and while enjovingl the belated luxurv oi hi.-, little black pipe, smoking not being permitted on the ship. Major Scott told the storv of the return flight as follows: "We estimated wo would make it in from 70 to 80 hours," he .said. "We made It in 75. When we left we had a strong wind behind us and we covered cov-ered the first 800 miles in about eight hours. When we circled over w York wc could plainly see the crowds on Broadwav waving to us as we pass-ed, pass-ed, but we could not hear them be-' cause of the noise of the. engines. j "South of Newfoundland we encoun terer head winds and our progress' from then on was sdower We trav- j eled at an average height of from 3000 to 5000 feet and found much low clouds' and fog. Once wc saw nothing but fog tor 24 hours "We struck Inland at Clifden and! made good progress from there, al though our steering engine broke down Saturday morning. We started with1 4900 gallons of gasoline and had 1000 left "We are highly pleased with the tnpj all of us 1 expec t important changes j in the size and .-peed of tuture air- ' ships big ships that will travel 70 to 80 miles an hour and powerful enough to crawl through anything." Lost One Whole Day " This has been a great trip," .said i Col W X. Henaley jr., of ihe jrj s i army air service. a.s he climbed out of the car and shook hands with theU British officers. "We were lost one'l whole day because the fog was soil tujiu noi get a shot at the sun, moon, stars or horizon, but we worked out of it and struck the Insh coast We passed over the iBe r,f Man about 3 o'clock this morning and 'hen. mounting aboe the clouds witnessed wit-nessed a moM beautiful sitht. Above whs the bright moon; below soft fleecv clouds touched with all the colors o ihe rainbow and far down below easily eas-ily could be seen the dark, deep blue of the sea But we did not have time to admire the beauty of the scene "Wc soon pass 0VPr uVCi pool and then other cities and towns and here we are. We suffered no hardships and no inconveniences except thai we had no hot water for Bhavlns Our eggs were cooked in the exhaust of the engines and we had plenty of other oth-er good food and coffee, tea and cocoa to' drink. No one suffered from air sickness and while the sea below was tossed by a forty -mile gale, we were moving along in comfort on an e cn keel. "Regular airship service between Europe and America is bound to come, and soon. " The members of the crew were eagerly surrounded by friends who were waiting at the airdrome. George Graham, the chief engineer, proudly carried his pet kitten which was born at East Fortune. The kitten suffered no inconvenience during the trip. "Wc were never out of touch with the world although we met a lot of tng ' said Lieutenant R. D. Durrant. the wireless officer ' It was hot in New "York, cold in Uie middle Atlantic! and you see what it is here. People are Impressed Rrig. Gen E. M. Maitland. the rep resenlative of the air ministry on the I R-34, who kept the log of the voyage, said "We Were cunt ! t Kn nla ailiiYatm to demonstrate that airships can do a long sea voyage, with the ultimate view of their commercial use later. Airships undoubtedly will be used in the future over sea and over land. They will not conflict in any way with the airplane or seaplane but all will work together "Our reception in America was extraordinary. ex-traordinary. The people there, impressed im-pressed win, our voyage, fully realize th" commercial posslbllitj of the hic airship. It was a wonderful sight as we passed over the great electric signs in New York " The members of the crew were disappointed dis-appointed because they were not able to land at East Fortune where most of them have their homes. All were glad to get back but said thej were anxious to make another trip. All agreed that a long voyage entailed no harder work than any oth- ! er duties of living The R-34 jested today in the shed' beside her sister ship, the R-,3. Major Ma-jor Scott and the other officers of the lirigible will prepare tomorrow to return re-turn the R-34 to East Fortune The officers will make a careful examination ex-amination ot the machinery and the v iujc ikj u.siei I ct I LI I1UW II1C SIOOU the test of the long voyage Thev expressed the belief thai the stern en gine had been damaged beyond repair as the connecting rod had broken and 'wrecked the engine. The other cn- ! gines w orked perfectly |