Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1919 — BIG AIRSHIP ENDS FLIGHT [ARTICLE]

BIG AIRSHIP ENDS FLIGHT

U. S. Dirigible Completes Trip From New York to Florida. Key West, Fin., j Jan. 17. —America’s largest dirigible, the C-l, terminated its successful flight from Far Rockaway, N. Y., naval air station to Key West. The distance of approximately 1,200 miles was covered in 29 hours, an average of 48 miles an hour. Thousands of persons witnessed the arrival, which was made amid the roaring of guns and the ringing of bells. The C-l was manned on the trip by a crew of seven men, with Capt. S. V. Park in command.