ZEPPELIN LANDS AT LAKEHURST

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 486, 16 October 1928, Page 9

ZEPPELIN LANDS AT LAKEHURST

SUCCESSFUL ATLANTIC FLIGHT DIRIGIBLE DELAYED BY HEAD WINDS (United 'P.A. — By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and X.Z. Press Association (United Service) Received 3'J.23 p.m. NEW YORK, Monday. FiE Graf Zeppelin, which flew across the Atlantic from Germany, landed at Lakehurst, New Jersey, at 5.38 this afternoon. The journey took four days 15 hours 46 minutes.

The Zeppelin passed Cape Charles, Virginia, at ten in the morning. Washington reports that it was overhead at 12.21 p.m. President Coolidge and his wife viewed the airship from the roof of White House. Having wirelessed for and received permission, the Zeppelin flew over Washington. Clouds tended partially to obscure the gas-bag. but the airship was clearly visible from trees and roofs. Huge crowds gathered in the streets while whistles and sirens blew a welcome. Mr. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by naval officers and others, took up a position on the roof of the Navy Department, over which Dr. Eckener piloted the craft, after which he flew over White House. Observers were able clearly to perceive the damaged fin, of which threefourths on the left side of the craft at the tail has been shattered; but

the damage appeared not to a fleet manoeuvring. The airship’s officers earlier wire lessed a greeting to Mr. Coolidge, to which the latter replied. Mr. Coolidge also cabled his felicitations to President Hindenburg. The airship, the absence of signals from which had caused annoyance and some anxiety, was delayed by head winds. There are 60 persons on board the Zeppelin LZI27, which left Kriedrichshafen for America last Thursday morning. The 20 passengers include Lady Drummond Hay (journalist). Senor Eira. representing the Spanish Government. Commander Rosendahl. who commanded the American airship Los Angeles, and Herr Grzesinski, the Prussian Minister of the Interior. There are also three experts from the German Ministry of Transport. Others are Count Brandensfeein. the late Count Zeppelin's son-in-law, six Press representatives and two cinema operators. The passengers wen insured at a premium of 6£ per cent. Th. airship itself was Insured at 9 per cent. The distance from the Bermuda Islands to New York is about 700 miles, and t«> Charleston. South Carolina, about 76" miles.