Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1919 — R-34 MAKES RETURN TRIP IN SEVENTY-FIVE HOURS. [ARTICLE]

R-34 MAKES RETURN TRIP IN SEVENTY-FIVE HOURS.

Pulham, Norfolk, England, July 13.—Great Britain’s mammoth transAtlantic air pioneer, the dirigible R-34, arrived at tihe air station here at 6:56 o’clock, Greenwich mean time today, completing her round trip from the British Isles to the United States and return. The R-34 poked her nose out of the clouds northeast of the village and, after circling the flying field three times, glided gently to the ground and ten minutes later was housed in the dirigible shed. The voyage from Long Island was without particular incident and was completed in approximately seventyfive hours. Soon after daybreak four (hundred men stationed at the airdrome were roused from their sleep to prepare for the landing. Lookouts took position in towers and wireless operators prepared to pick up massages from the airship. The sun rose bright, hut soon afterward was obscured by clouds. There was no wind and those on watch were confident that the dirigible would arrive on time. . _. T , I Shouts from those on the field greeted the first sight of the long, gray body law on the horizon. As the R-34 approached the field, she ' dropped from a height of 5,000 feet to 2,000 feet. The men who were to aid the airship in landing were ordered to their positions and waited [silently as the ship circled the field, dropping lower and lower. When Major G. H. Scott, her commander, had maneuvered the airship into position for the landing, the water ballast was released to steady her and a rope was thrown I from the bow. The rope was grasped by, eager hands and the giant across the field to the shed where the delicate operation of berthing her was completed quickly without accident.