The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1929, Page 7

re Hugh Allen THE FIRST AUTHORIZED STORY OF THE LIFE OF THB COMMANDER OF THE ZEPPELINS CHAPTER VII Dr. Eckener had just reached his 46th birthday when the World war so long a story as to require special | indiaasiacirete ow ‘The ota station | broke out, and DELAG ships were taken over by the government. applied for a post as Zeppelin com- mander. But he was to lead no bombing raids, see no reconnaissance Operations of the great flect. ‘The spectacular operations of peace- time airships had given the German Public high hopes for their use in war-time, especially as Germany was the only country possessing this type of aircraft. The government fore- saw aneed for many Zeppelins, real- ized the shortage of competent per- sonnel, had some conception at least of the length of time needed to prop- erly train officers and men. Eckener had had wider experience than any other man in Europe in fly- ing ships. He must be held at home to train new pilots. Someone must be at hand to pass on to new men the accumulated flying experience of four years of peace-time operations. Dr. He|} ground must be ready with landing crews when needed, must have men ready | for refueling, regassing, overhaul and | maintenance. But the com- mander’s responsibility does not cease when he has landed his ship, nor when it is safe in the hangar. Aboard ship his vigilance and watchfulness jcan never slacken. But aloft or on | land, the commander's responsibility persists continuously, until he is re- lieved of command. Beyond that he must have junior officers about him thoroughly trained, responsible, at the engines, on the | deck, on navigation, and must have crews who know exactly what to do. And all must know what to do not only under ordinary and normal con- ditions, but under extraordinary and emergency ae * Perhaps the most spectacular single | Phase of the Eckener training course Eckener was logically that man. He was the making of theoretical flights. set himself to the task of fitting oth-| Well before the war the conviction er men for command. |had been growing in his mind and nee hat of Count Zeppelin’s that the | time was not far ahead when airships How thorough the training Dr. Eck- | would be flown regularly across the ener gave the military pilots can be North Atlantic to America. With realized only by considering what an! typical thoroughness Eckener began airship commander's duties are. | making plans to that end. He had | His motors are housed in small directed the compilation of weather | cars outside the hull of the ship, the reports between Central Europe and | farthest-of them 500 feet away. From | New York, getting the data from the the control car up forward the com- | logs of a thousand ships and innum- mander may order his motors run at crable inland stations until he had full speed, at half power, at idling! assembled a fairly complete weather speed. He may cut some motors and | map of the route, covering nearly 25 run the rest, may with the present years. From this he had been able type order some run in reverse if he to draw certain conclusions as to av- wants suddenly to check speed. How- | erages in wind directions and veloci- ever, motors are motors, whether on | ties. And this huge collection of data airship or surface craft or automo- | was now to become of immediate bile. | practical benefit. The airship has two sets of rudders, o* two steering wheels, one set con- trolling direction, the other altitude. | For the airship sails in two dimen- sions. The commander must keep his ship in trim, know that whatever con- sumption of fuel, or what shifting of ballast, the ship from stem to stern | is in equilibrium. Though there are times when it may be desirable to fly his ship at an angle through the air, making it nose-heavy or tail- heavy. He can check the trim of the ship from his instrument board, can direct his helmsman from the bridge. see ‘The main lifting force in the ship comes from the fact that it is inflated with a gas much lighter then air. The | lift of a ship, however, is not con- | stant. It varies with temperature and barometric pressure. The ship has better lifting power in cold, heavy air than in warm, lighter air. However, in cold weather his gas contracts, while in warmer air it expands, so | that the resultant lift is a matter of | rather careful mathematics. | In landing a ship he must be care- ful not to drive it down too hard and do damage to it, but he also must not swing down too cautiously and miss his landing crew entirely. As he consumes fuel his ship grows lighter and flies higher, with the re- sult that the lifting gas expands and the surplus flows out through the | valves at top and bottom. At his per- il he must be certain that his valves work freely and as needed. He must know the principles of navigation, be able to fly blind, at night or through fog, and know where he is at all times. He must know weather, and this ts | * * A cadet commander would call at Eckener's office, receiveedirections to | take a Zeppelin ship of given size | from Friedrichshafen to New York | City, making the flight as of July 1, | 1915, let's say. | The commander would then assem- | ble officers and skeleton crew, shut | called “diseases.” DISEASE is stopping the ingestion tract. By our ALKALINE ROOTS and BARK, and our North Dakota, (NO KNIFE.) tors inspecting our sy NAL POISONING and the absorption of the blood. The cure is simple like all consists in removing the pc'sons from of more poisons into x BLOOD TREATMENT, HERBS, we have CURED HUNDREDS and we can CURE YOU. may CHEAT THE KNIFE FOR LIFE if you visit the clinic of Dr. T. M. MacLachlan (Harvard), Lucas Bleck, Bismarck, Visitors’ Remarks Here are a few of the general remarks often made by visi- New Funeral Home THE BISMARCK TRIBUN themselves in a great hall, make final Preparations for refueling and serv- icing the ship, get out the weather maps of that period, settle down to work. They find that a storm was sweep- | ing down from the North Sea across | Central Europe that day, but that it quieted down sufficiently by evening so that the ship can be taken out of the hangar safely. They order inspec- tion of docking rail trolleys which harness the ship against cross hangar winds, reinforce the ground crew, place additional men on the wind- ward side to hold the ship steady. They calculate the lift of the ship at the barometric pressure of that evening, decide on the amount of fuel they can carry. They determine whether to fly the northern route, take ativantage of the fair weather that will follow the storm or to swing south to the Azores and catch the trade winds. The ship takes off, flies 12 hours, is north of England, has consumed 50} many pounds of gas, has become | lighter, is flying higher, is forced to! valve hydrogen to keep down to a| better flying level. En route across, they find new starms and fair weather and hour by | hour they calculate their position, their requirements in fuel, and their resultant lift. They alter their course to avoid storms or take advantage of favorable conditions. Every order necessary to be given | in the harviling of a ship is thought out in view of the factors and is writ- ten down, * * * From time to time Eckener comes in, surveys the theoretical ship log, consults with them over conditions ahead, asks sharp questions, makes criticisms, points out factors they had | overlooked, and gives a quick quiz to make sure they understand the reason for each movement. To add to the reality of the flight the officers must remain in their room, having their meals sent in to them, must stay by their tasks until | they have made the theoretical land- ing in New York. More than a thousand of such the- oretical flights were made by stu- dent commanders. And the lessons impressed on them were to become widely useful when they actually took the; bridge of a Zeppelin. Zeppelin engineers became highly | expert through the accumulation of building of more than a hundred air- ships, they had opportunity for ex- periment to a degree that no other group even approached. | But it should be said in fairness as well that the success of Zeppelin operations was due not entirely to the technical skill of the builders, but as well to the thoroughness of training | which Hugo Eckener gave his com- manders. And he trained them all.’ (To Be Continued) | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929 GAINES STOCKS GO TOBOSTON NEPHEW Willman E. Adams Receives In- come from $75,000 Invest- ed by North Dakotan Willman E. Adams and the Bos- ton, Mass, Young Men's Christisn association will profit from preferred stock valued at $75,000 left by A. D. Gaines, heavy property Oliver and Mercer counties before his death in 1926. holder in This has been decided by a ruling of Wilbur F. Booth, Minneapolis, judge of the eighth district circuit court of appeals. construction experience. During the | 3 Tomorrow: Zeppelin flight of the war. Old Bank Institution | Joins Bancorporation St. Paul, Sept. 26—(?)—Affiliation of the First National Bank of Winona, Minn., one of the oldest banking in- stitutions in the northwest was an- nounced today by E. W. Decker, pres- | ident of the Northwest Bancorpora- tion. The Winona bank is the thirty- ixth to unite with the Northwest Bancorporation. Combined de; of these affiliated banks and trust companies are $303,984,408 and com- | bined resources total $353,095,151. The Winona bank has capital stock of $300,000 with a surplus and = un- divided profits of $366,468. Deposits are $7,420,052 and resources are The most spectacular) Gaines association. E. C. Hagerott, the Gaines estate, cient. its | Thorp, Fargo. presented the stock to Adams, his nephew, shortly before his death, stipulating that Adams was to receive income from the investments and that the stocks were to be turned over to the Boston Y. M. C. A. upon the death of Adams, a trustee of the administrator of brought action to prevent Adams from securing the stocks before Judge Andrew Miller in U. 8. district court at Fargo, claim- ing that delivery of the stocks to Adams by Gaines had not been suffi- Judge Miller upheld Hagerott and Adams appealed to the circuit court, where the decision was reversed in favor of the Boston man. Attorneys for Adams were and Tillotson, Bismarck. and R. G. Dodge, Boston. Representing Hagerott {were Divet, Shure, Murphy, and Zuger W.C.T. U. SELECTS HOUSTON , || — Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. 26—(4}— Houston, Texas, was selected as’ the 1930 convention city of the Woman’ Christian Temperance union at meeting of the national executive; committee today. 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