NEW ZEPPELIN

Grey River Argus, 11 May 1936, Page 5

NEW ZEPPELIN

REACHES NEW YORK Atlantic Flight in 61 Hours (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received May 10, 7 pan.) A'EW YORK) May 9. The Zeppelin Hindenburg wa s moo'-, ed ; aii' Lakehurst a.l 6.16 o’clock this morning, thus completing her first commercial north tra ns-Ait lan tic flight in the unofficial time of sixty-one hours and forty-six minuted At' one o’clock on Saturday morning, radio reports indicated that the Zeppelin had passed the Nantucket! Lightship, and wins within three hours’ cruising distance of New York. It arrived over Lower New York at five o’clock. Ji Hew in a majestic, sweep over Al anh) i t Ia n t<> loud acclaim from the whistles of th,, harbour era fl.. It was just before dawn as Ihe giant craft nosed iy way up .Broadway and a few were atwctke >o witness its arrival as the airship turned and flew across the North River towards Lakeh u rst. The liner .Bremen played a powerful searchlight on the swastikas decor, at'ing the Zeppelin’s tins. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LARIS. .May S. .Jean Batten said: “Amy Mollison has done a magnificent thing. It will soon be my turn. I shall attempt a longer flight than my last. 1 du not forget I'm a New Zealander.’’ LONDON, May S. Mr J. A. Mollison sa.id that a journey from London to Australia would be included in the 25,000 miles round-the-world flight' which he and Airs Mollison have planned to undertake. -within three months. They (will follow Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's trail from Brisbai..