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Show E1STW Carrying Passengers for j Pay Over 300 Miles rriederlchshafon, Germany, June 22. : The new Zeppelin dirigible Deutsch-lend Deutsch-lend sailed for Duaseldorf at three o clock this morning. It sailed over , Brnn at 10: -lo o'clock. Dcissoldorf, Germany, June 22. Tbe Ilrst regular airship passenger service ser-vice was inaugurated today when Count Zeppelin's. . s-Teat . . craft, the DeutrchlaniL. carrying, twenty passeu-xer6. passeu-xer6. successfully made . . the first scheduled trip .from. FTjederlcbsbafen to this cay, a distance of. 300 miles, 1n iiine hours. The weathor. was . perfect and the motors aorkad .faultlessly. . Tho aver- a?e time maintained for the complete i course was approximately 33 miles an hour, but between Frledrichshafen and Stuttgart, the 134 miles was covered ' at au average rate of 41 miles an hour The best speed for a single hour was 4T 1-2 mll.s. Count Zeppelin was at the helm when the Deutschland left Frleder-Ichsbafen Frleder-Ichsbafen at 3 o'clock thi9 morning and sailed away on tbo trip that was to nark an epoch in aviation. Tha passengers were some of the directors of the Hamburg American Steamship company and the German Airship Stock company, Joint owners of the oirigible, and guests. They occupied the mohogany walled wall-ed and carpeted cabin situated between be-tween the gondolas and rom the windows win-dows of which they viewed the scenery scen-ery as the aerial car swept along. Count Zeppelin steered for tho greater great-er part of the distance, The route was via Stuttgart Mann-helm Mann-helm and Colopne to Dusseldorf. It had been marked carefully in advance ad-vance for the guidance of the pilot and wos followed exactly. There was no air stirring and the Deutschland made her way unhampered through a flood of sunshine. The hour and . ininuto of tho passage pass-age of the various points had been bulletined bul-letined ahead so that not only people of the cltJos ou the llntf who filled the streets, but the inhabitants of all the intermediate villages turned out and cheered enthusiastically as tho immense im-mense torpedolike stiucturo with its wMsllIng screws drove over their reads at a height of between 200, and noo feet.- - . ' The Deutschland swung gently in to her landing place here at noon and the multitude surrounding the landing land-ing yards shouted a welcome. The city had been gailv decorated in honor of the event. The promoter; promot-er; of the enlerprlse and tholr guest? were entertained at a public dinner. Regular trips w.U be mado and many tickets already have been sold for the first few days at from $25 to . $o each. The airship is equipped with a restaurant which will supply the passengers with a buffet service : such as Is afforded on. railroad tralus. |