Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1908 — TEST OF ZEPPELIN’S AIRSHIP [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TEST OF ZEPPELIN’S AIRSHIP

Stays tn the Air for Nearly Seven Honrs and Is Under Control All the Time. Friedrichshafen. June 30. Count Zeppelin's airship stood brilliantly the longest and most searching test it has yet undergone. It remained In the air for six hours and three-quarters, attaining an average speed of thirty-four and one-half miles an hour throughout, although for a short period the speed reached thirty-eight and one-half miles, the highest speed yet accomplished. The balloon, utilizing only its dynamic force, ascended to au altitude of 1,000 feet. It started off toward Constance at full speed, and then burned in the direction of Romanshorn, in Bwiterland, where it went through a long series of manoeuvres. It then made a descent to the surface of the water and communicated with the accompanying motorboat. It rose again and proceeded to Rorschach, ai the other end of the lake, propelled by the full force of the engines against a rather bnskwind. Later It was allowed to drift back to Friedrichshafen, from whence it made a dash for a long stretch at top speed with the wind in its favor as far as Constance, where further manoeuvres were gone through. The trip ended within two miles of the balloon >sbed. The balloon carried fourteen passengers.

AGATHA SIXTH.