New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1924, Page 27

‘ VAT SER TR A P U VR BT AL EERESRIRE LA ETIEE BRTRRAN" SELRRESRERAD G URICHE QU ARERE LIRSS RS LEIER IR GG R Sy QT T T T TCTTAS 1114 Id LONDOW =« - - ) GERLIN - -~ end g — i g PARIS - - W lcammune - v £ R A Py § et WVI Y ———WY) VENT of & trans tle freight and pessenger ip line is no longer a fu- ture it is @& present probability, Indications thafMhe dirigible ZR'S, now in the hands of the navy, will = be used to start such a service in the near future, The plan s advocateq by Admiral W. A. Moffat, chlet of the maval ics, and always a rter of longdistance perature of natura aNlzes the giant NOURTEEN less than a hundred Years ago at wh ch point y be so0ld event- there was born at Constance.on-Lake Con- 8 drawn off. stance, Germany, a person ths world later This temy fce and aug- cae o1 Count Terdinand von Zeppe! it 1s absol I e s was to know as Count Terdinand von Zeppg ,‘ t ing ships. He zrew into 4 man of great vision. He was @ :"'" (o beeng ot : » torms under which this gov- & n everyth n at 60 degrees 2 dreamer. He knew the time would come when 3o : ¢ ohtained the ZR-3 from the ssien oo notheet bid its use for military people would take long fourneys In afrships, and when others scoffed at his theorles he gritted his testh and spent all his money to prove what he E E 2 turned r to the navy helioved. S 5 ok ¥ ; 1 simply because the navy had fa- gero. o transform an e ir iid " 1t only he could have lived to stan! at the YOU it for bringing it to America. “freeze” it to & cer Bettery, in New York City, and watch the ZR3 Franatorm it into e eol v can only use it for - t nd for observations as to come eailing out ef the eastern fog! It would mercury, 50 to speak, & operating eost and cabflity. as the same rights and . have repald all his efforts, efforts not crowned . NOT SO EASY with success until the declining years of his lifa. gfrders running from nose to tail and drawn to- Seeing the Zeppelln patents go into American lin You could put the Capit | ’ The story of the Zeppelin Is a story of achleve- gether at the ends. hands, which has happened, 86 feet of would : : gty ment of one man. tory, ever new ng the girdets were 16 rings, reinforced The ZR-3, renamed the “Los A s, 18 b ek er, then, the ZR-3 You eomld count on the fingers of one hand the zonal wires, formed of transverse girders, Very last word in rigld dirigibles ALl i fiito s yolid 3 people who eould have weathered such dizappoint- Wwhich held the bod, her. On the bottom The ship is long, 660 feet, as big as an ocean ment s fell to tha lot of Ze i sida of the frame was fixed a bridge-like cor -!.v-.._.,_,._.._.._-..v.,‘,.4..’...-.__,_.w-u—-l- A “But co % i FIRST ZEPPELIN op nichifatzergshneaRinestiameyoricialdenaya i | | B e 1 that it will ‘ AnSextraordina Ansehialondotts i “Over this vast framen Zeppelin had | ‘ g 5 EESaroustsie a bySHETIYAVYaerine OfiCHICa S lessen the friction through the air and to protect | | man « G 1 an be accom- re. T . Zappeiin first eencelved his idea of & MEI Al (ne gas Lagn from the direct rays of the eun. | Lo CTH—000 feet i 1 for s 3 g short, geta e At the hedt i ie shtp when he was an officer in the American Union Tpere were 16 singlo gas cells made of |BDIAMEL B SN as e i e ithacda : ! could put its newly Army in the Civil Warl Iew people k balloon cloth placed Inside tha framework. Al S I furgs , R : 2 would be as “path- man whoee brain was responsible for that mag: were equipped with safety valves and several were §,190 pound i "“ e 3 ;i r-water commercial nificent airship fought against elavery In this provided with mancuvering valves. Al together ) pounds ‘ e e S I can e SN b s s thevgcontatned iR tReRticatet foral 10D [t : BATHROOM, TOO! " : : navy could obtain Zeppelin used to love to explore sparscl SASP R R H T | e e i ! would be If someone Invented big airships Which | S enition to come, Then | . . o | ‘ ‘ 4 SOLITRANS Epeoielon R AR EERE Ying Willlam of Worttenberg et him have ot || | Wil i - 1 } 5 ¢ elioe Later he became a general in the German army ficlent material to start a second dirig i 2 L : B : @nd while in that position tried to int this tima Zeppelin was 67 years old, but i €O 1 N—( 1 v i this ence from Zep- KIND OF CHILLY I S #n his version of what a rigid eaip sk thuslasm was that of a school boy. i % A b It was not unti} 1808 l years old, that he was able to get far eno ; with his dream to organize a stock company, #t was two years later that, on July 2, 16000, he was long able to announce the first flight Ing the intestine HUGE SUCCESS en treated, as hold gas and tially the desi s first ehip s th mamne as the present-day n. Wise experts then st o \ has s gathered o see the fun. They solemnly predicted Silk has been v the ship would keel over in midair. They sald the center of gravity was too high Zepp A description of that first Zeppelin is inter esting “It was a huge thing in those days 4198 Jong (125 meters) with @ diameter of 38.3 feet NOW a7 “LOS ANGELES” i B ! i meters). It was made up of an im 1= . ¢ siun framework, including 24 lon im