Show T transatlantic RA L IL ANTIC AIR SERVICE BEGINS zeppelin hindenburg will make crossings also planned regularly schedules are for heavier than air flying ships by WILLIAM C UTLEY i HE biggest news in in the new york tit THE jn in may was not on page one it was newspapers not the first sunday in it was an advertisement buried even a news story 11 pway way back in the travel section which or part the average reader afternoon reaches about tuesday this is what the ad said the travel event of 1936 europe by air in aj days by the worlds greatest the zeppelin hindenburg of the german zeppelin company airship lakehurst N J to frankfort germina Germi nv ring ing hot and cold water spacious promenade dining salon smoking room bar lounge reading room include include ing berth meals tips ato to europe stay 11 may oklay 20 june 24 july 5 july 15 august 9 and augast gast 19 regular schedule september and october ad understates understate importance tile the advertisement then went on to list the ticket agents and other pertinent information for the commonplace tone of the copy it might have been for any ordinary weekend week end tour and not the herald of the experimental beginning of regularly scheduled passenger air service over the north atlantic the great hindenburg feet long end and the lighter than air craft to leave the plant named after the german count zeppelin who left the kaisers keisers Kai sers staterooms state rooms with run begin carrying the mail between eng land and canada before fall pan american airways has also indicated that it is also set to begin service across the atlantic transoceanic le air passenger service Is not so new of course but because of the treacherous weather which prevails on the seas between america and europe it has never been attempted on the north atlantic before the flying clipper ships now on regular schedule have an easier time of it over the pacific the caribbean and the mediterranean and the graf zeppelin now eight years old has plied its way so regularly and so often between fried richs hafen and pernambuco fernambuco brazil that no one even notices its comings and goings any more marinero mariners Ma have long considered the marg 3 ax 1 pa N V N M 1 S y 4 germanys germanas Germ anys newest challenger for transatlantic air supremacy th the e zeppelin hindenburg dr eckener supervised its construction cavalry to build airships better batter than anyone else has ever built them may be only the forerunner of a series of transatlantic air services to be established between europe and america this summer all of the other services now planned to span the north atlantic are to be maintained with heavier than air ships the hindenburg on Us its first crossl crossing ng made the jump from to lakehurst in 61 hours or as the schedule calls for approximately aa days but the airplane being so much faster than the airship will be able to make the crossing in one halt half the time or less it has been announced by the german air ministry that the nazis will also attempt to be first in the field with the service by heavier craft within a few months it has been andl indicated the giant lufthansa seaplanes sea planes will be dashing back and forth between the spanish or portuguese coast and charleston S C stopping en route at t the azores and at bermuda where they will refuel between the azores and the bermudas Is the longest hop of the journey more than 2000 miles over seas that are ordinarily stormy to provide the maximum amount of safety for this jump the germans intend to maintain a floating airport and fueling station midway between the islands this it Is reported will be constructed from froin an old freighter britain enters enter field planes will land on a fabric apron to be towed behind the freighter freight ert and will then be scooped up to the deck by a giant crane when they have reveled refueled a catapult will send them once e more ore oti on their hurrying way the floats floating ing station will be equipped with a powerful rado broadcasting station to keep ep in touch with the flying ships at ill all times another bidder for the travelers pal cronage inge over the north atlantic will be airways of great Hrit wi ain tain who wh plan w test lights flights this summer slimmer and may weather of the north atlantic something to be feared and they are borne out by the new york weather bureau whose chief dr james H kimball kemball made surveys of january flying weather over the china clippers ro route ute in the pacific and the route which will be followed by tile the german planes across the atlantic ile he laid out bothi both routes in 12 degree squares it was learned that the mildest square in the atlantic route was twice as stormy as the roughest 0 square on the pacific cant improve the weather doctor kimball pointed out that that the weather had bad always been like this over this part of the ocean and would likely continue to be weather g gets ets no better he be said in V izz r MI 4 Z P VIP 0 75 r W 5 evv A 1 r 15 0 A E W ew W the he china clipp clipper erp giant mail and passenger plane pacific uncle sams contribution to the quick spanning of the ills his report you ton can improve airplanes and motors 1 but u t you cannot improve the weather with the help of radio better knowledge of however and a existing conditions it is possible to is the way outwit the weather that the atlantic has got to be flown by outwitting the weather able to 10 outwit the weather zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins are this is the storms by flying 1 round around l because of 01 th their air greater cruising range and the fact that if worst comes to worst they hey a at least fuel and they run run 0 out of remain in the tie air as a free ballo balloon oll can for some lime im the f fo fact o that tia all that needs to he be done to the ship above the water if the motors mo tors stop is to let out blittle a little ballast gives the zep a safety safely advantage over the airplane on the long intercontinental inter continental trips but improvement in ships and motors has come quickly in the past few years and today the heavier than air ships are much safer than they were even two or three years ago they have increased ln in range and efficiency they now have the added advantage of the controllable pitch propeller which gives them a sort of gear shift comparable to the automobile and radio and the robot pilot have removed much of the hazards and rigors of navigating them an airplane depends upon sustained forward speed to keep it aloft and it if the motor stops for a fraction of a second se cond which means m eans that it if any one of thousands of delicate parts goes wrong even with the wear and vibration of many hours of flying through all kinds of weather at high speed it must land zep Is I 1 grand sight cut but the zeppelin ln only flies 60 to 00 miles an hour normally and the airplane flies two iwo or three times that fast since mankind has never yet refused a new faster mode of travel tor for an older safer one it is certain that the most important developments in transatlantic air travel will come from the heavier faster craft nevertheless the dirigible will retain a grandeur that can be ea easily ally understood der stood anyone who has seen the graf the los angeles or the inden burg knows that the zeppelin ln compares with the airplane as a giant ocean liner compares with a cabin speedboat the one is ponderous and majestic the other Is sleek and swift the hindenburg on her maiden american ican voyage doyag e carried persons of whom 51 were passengers the passengers found all the comforts of a first class hotel according to the account of james am s mcgillie Mc Villie chicagoan who made I 1 the h e tr trip lp an and d had had his reservation in since belive 1931 there was room for dancing parlor games and luxurious dining there was a fine bar in an address flom the ship P as it sped across the th esea sea dr hugo eckener veteran of al airship iship navigation who accompanied compa nied capt rnest ernest E lehmann as special adv adviser isert told of the wonders experienced by those on board america is ahead of us he said about three hours from now we will be approaching nantucket lightship and tomorrow morning before sunrise we will have left sandy hook behind our trip from coast to coast will have lasted just about fifty hours describes describe inspiring day 1 I want to greet you all in just these few words this present trip Is like a dream to me ine earlier arlier in the day we had a marvelous piano concert now our passengers have gathered in the social hall and sm smoking oking room having bavin a grand time all this at a speed of ninety miles an hour an and d an altitude of 1000 feet abaye the clouds many passengers told me today all this seems unreal how long will mill it be until all this will have become just the ordinary 0 thing that will cause fear to nobody and aill hardly be mentioned in the newspapers you know this trip and those that are to follow are only experimental W we e want to be on safe ground before proceeding to the inauguration of r regular e g airship travel delross across the atlan atlantic tic the beginning is indeed encouraging I 1 think we could learn a lot during this trip and I 1 im ana c convinced on vinced that in due COU course re we shall gather enough experience that will enable us to cross cros 9 even in unfavorable weather conditions not emp employing too much time the interest Is tremendous sir hubert wilkins the noted explorer who wit with h his wife was I 1 a P passenger S on the expressed I 1 au an opinion that tho the airship was va S the more desirable mode of travel for jour ress beys of in more ore than 15 hours over 11 tile the water i i I 1 I 1 C western newspaper union |