BREAKING ALL RECORDS
ZEPPELIN ON FIRST HOP TOUCHES 125 M.P.H. TO CROSS ATLANTIC TODAY Reed. 10.5 a.m. MADRID, Tuesday. The Graf Zeppelin arrived at Seville this evening on her flight from Frieririchshafen to New Jersey. She is to leave for the journey across the Atlantic tomorrow morning. The commander of the airship, Dr. Eckener, stated that except for thunder squalls after leaving Friedrichshafen the weather had been fine. All the records of the Zeppelin had been broken and in the night her speed had reached 125 miles an hour.
TENERIFFE (Canary Islands), Tues. The Graf-Zeppelin passed here at 3.40 p.m., New York Standard time,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 977, 21 May 1930, Page 11
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