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Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1930, Page 5

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(Unit«dPrPfl* iaociaiioia—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). , " u MONTREAL, August 13.' ' {The passengers of the dirigible were on thbir way before the crowd realised it. A roar of applause broke as the sliip from the, mast. Five., of .her .engines were humming softly .while, one was silent. ' ' V'' ‘ . 1 b ! >;< AIRSHIP PASSED FROM LAND. VANCOUVER, August 14.','., A message from Feather Point jti Quebec, states the airship Rj.oo passed there to-day at 2.5 aim. ■ yv, THE RETURN JOURNEY. A SPEED RECORD.

(Received this day at 10 a.m.) , ‘ OTTAWA, Aug. ; Hours in- advance of the tentative. - ichedulO. lUOO was heading out over,, f ithe early off Thursday after* v noon ' after passing straight ovOt Belle, ;-,r'o 'She' utilised to the utmost favourable : winds down the St. LaWrence river and across:; the' Gulf Until she touched /eighty miles per hour,- the 1 average be- ' ing - close-'on seventy /miles for the first 540 miles. - : With favourable weather, it appears as if all records for an airship crossing will be smashed. Accounts of her speed have been received here almost . incredulously. FAST TRIP PROBABLE. 1 (British Official Wireless.) (Received this day at noon.) V,v;v RUGBY, August U. The weather conditions are favournabje for a. quick .trip by 8100 across the Atlantic. - ’ ; * : vp/The- Air' Ministry"states the winds are: westerly along the whole route. Estimating the speed of the wind at 2,000 feet, is about 20 to 30 miles per. hour -along-the weste’rn half of the route and 50 miles along the eastern v half. v.Spme.decrease; is probable in this ; jhlda) /but if. nevertheless the following winds will be the strongest in the latter part of the journey. When he left the air port, the Commander said he hoped to reach Card r ington in 50 hours. If this schedule is adhered to, RIOO will beat the Graf ■ Zeppelin’s time for the/West to East crossing. The German airship took £5 hours 24 minutes to cross from Lakehurst, New Jersey, to Frederikshaven, Lake. Constance. RIOO already holds the record for the East to West Atlantic: crossing.