Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 113, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1928 — Page 7

TOCT. 1, 1928.

\ Aviation "BIANT ZEPPELIN ‘HOTEL OF SKY’ TO SPANOCEAN Dirigible Built for Atlantic 1 Travel Is Last Word in (Luxury and Safety. By NEA Service BERLIN, Oct. I.—When the great new dirigible Graf Zeppelin takes the air at Fiiedrichr.hafen for I her first trip to America, the world | will get its first inkling of the real 1 possibilities of comfort, safety and * luxury aerial travel. It is named ? of Count Zeppelin, “Graf” 4 being German for “Count.” a Nothing like it ever has flown / through the air. The great American dirigibles Los Angeles and Shenandoah are far surpassed. The floating liner of the air is at last ) a reality. Some idea of its possible f speed is given by the estimate of j Dr. Hugo Eckner, the designer, that I the big ship could fly from Berlin . to Tokio in four days. I The Count Zeppelin offers far better passenger accommodations l \ than any airship yet built. Twenty passengers can be carried, two to a room, in commodious, Pullmantype staterooms. Their quarters are electrically lighted and heated. Electric ranges in the kitchen provide hot meals; roomy lavatories are fitted for hot and cold water. Ship Largest in World The Graf Zeppelin is 776 feet long by 100 feet in diameter—nearly 100 feet longer and nearly twentyfive feet wider than the Shenandoah, and 116 feet longer than the Los Angeles. Entering the cabin at the forward end, one enters first the control room, where captain, navigator and helmsmen have their stations. Big windows give unobstructed vision straight ahead and on both sides. Back of this comes the navigation and chartroom, extending the width of the cabin and filled with the multitude of dials, gauges, wheels, levers and so on with which dirigibles are guided. Powerful Radio Installed From the rear of the navigation room opens a hallway leading to the back. On one side is the radio room, where there is installed a set powerful enough to keep the airship in touch with land stations throughtut a trans-Atlantic voyage. On he other side is the kitchen, 'ith electric stove, coffee urn and I cupboards. Beside the kitchen is ja narrow thwart-ships passageway (leading to a door on the starboard 'side through which passengers come Aboard. I The main passageway then opens Into the largest room on the ship—the main lounge, which also does duty as a dining room. It is a luxurious room, as little like a compartment on an airship as one could Wish. I A soft carpet covers the floor. 'Wide windows in the walls provide (for sightseeing; they are hung with (rich curtains. There are cushioned krm chairs and circular tables as in the parlor of a fine hotel. At mealtimes this becomes the dining salon From the rear of this compartment opens the passageway leading to the staterooms. There are ten of these, five on each side. Each one has an upper and a lower berth of the Pullman type. Gaseous Fuel Used It is not alone in size and luxury that the Graf eppelin is anew departure in the world of aviation. The’German engineers have devised anew gaseous fuel for its motors; a fuel that weighs no more thar ait. and that consequently makes no difference in the ship’s weight when it is exhausted. The present practice of valving out hydrogen to make up for the loss of weight as fuel is consumed will be done away with. Amazing as the Graf Zeppelin is, however, it will not be long before still another superairship comes to surpass it. The British are now building a veritable giant, the RIOO, which will go even farther along the road of size and luxury. The R-IPO will carry 100 passengers and have three decks, or floors, in its living quarters, all built in to the hull. Three Fliers Fall in River LYONS, France, Oct. I.—The bodies of three Italian fliers, killed when their airplane crashed into the Rhone River as they flew back from an unsuccessful searching expedition for Roald Amundsen, had not been recovered today. The three—Major Penzo and Croccio and De Lagatta—were flying low over the Rhone, apparently , seeking a landing spot, when their machine struck high tension wires which carried 200,000 volts of electricity. Two mechanics, Cidignoto and Barrouchinis, were injured, but were pulled from the river . Major Penzo was described by Major Ferrarrin, the man who recently flew from Rome to Brazil, as one of the best and most daring of Italian aviators. During the war he was taken prisoner by the Austrians and ordered shot as a deserter from their army, but escaped. Offers Airport Aid Jlu Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. I. W. W. Gray, bank president, offers to finance leveling of this city’s airport site, which with erection of a hangar would permit use as an emergency landing field pending completion of legal details for public financing to finish the project. It is expected the work Gray offers to back will cost about SI,OOO. and he announces he will give any amount up to $2,000. Only sanction of city officials is needed before acceptance of the offer. Visitors at Airport Vistitors at Hoosier airport Sunday Included D. H. Courney, Morgantown, W. va., in a Travelair biplane on his way from St. Louis to Morgantown.

Byrd's Planes Sail South

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The main aerial arm of the Byrd Antarctic expedition here is shown being hoisted aboard the whaler Larsen, sailing for the party’s southern base from Hampton Roads, Va. This is the tri-motored Ford ship, “Floyd Bennett,” largest of four planes being taken. After being reassembled in the South, it will be used to chart the unknown regions from the air.

Tiny Blimp on Flight By United Press LAKEHURST, N. J„ Oct. I.—The diminutive Goodyear dirigible Puri-

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tan left here this morning on a flight to New York, where a second attempt to land the ship in Battery park will be made. High winds balked a similar attempt last week.

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Route to Be Lighted By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. I. United States Department of Commerce engineers will arrive here this week to discuss lighting the new Chicago-Michigan air mail route with John B. Kuespert, acting director of the local municipal airport. Plans call for at least three beacons between here and Kalamazoo, Mich. Rides in Plane at 91 By United Press FRESNO, CAL., Oct. I.—Mrs. Jane Tilley, just has realized an ambition of many years standing. She took an airplane ride on her ninety-first birthdoy . But Mrs. Tilley, who came to California in 1852 in a covered wagon wasn’t completely satisfied. She told Pilot Jack Schneider she was coming back to the field and enjoy another trip before long. “Like it?” said Aunt Jane. “Why, it’s just wonderful and was the most enjoyable ride I ever had. And it was safer than riding in a buggy. “I had wanted to ride in an airplane for a long time,” she continued. “I have ridden in and on everything from a horse to a highpowered automobile and I wanted the thrill of a flight in the clouds before I left this world.” Ray Cooper in City Ray Cooper, manager of the Ford reliability air tour, which visited Indianapolis June 30, landed at Hoosier airport Sunday in a Buhl Airster en route to Detroit from Los Angeles, where he attended the air races.

In the Air

CONDITIONS AT 9:30 A. M. (Complied toi The Times by Government Weather Observer J H. Armineton and Donald McConnell Government aeronautical observer.) South wind, fourteen miles an hour; barometric pressure, 29.98 at sea level; temperature, 60; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, two miles; ground fog. New Floodlights Installed Three new 250,00 candlepower floodlights have been installed at Indianapolis airport, Mars Hill, the National Guard landing field, and will be wired ready for use within three or four days. Installation of lights has been under direction of Harry Brunell, illuminating engineer of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. The new floodlights will bring the total number at the field to six, with a total of 1,500,000 candlepower in addition to the 8,000,000 candlepower light, and are adequate to make night landing safe. The guard proposes later to complete illumination of the field with boundary lights, showing the edges of the airport to aviotors landing at night. Fly Here in Monocoupe Norton L. Goldsmith, Louisville, accompanied by his sister-in-law, Miss Kathleen Kahn, landed at Indianapolis airport Sunday in a Velie monocoupe, returning to Louisville later In the afternoon. The prison population of England and Wales has decreased from 20,000 to 10,000 since 1878.

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