GRAF ZEPPELIN IN BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1930, Page 9

GRAF ZEPPELIN IN BRITAIN

FIRST SINCE GREAT WAR

DR. ECKENER PRAISES RlOO WELCOME AT CARDINGTON British Wireless. Rugby, April 27. The Graf Zeppelin, which flew from its base at Friederichshaven yesterday, arrived at Cardington at the appointed time in the late afternoon. It made a beautiful landing, and was moored for a short time on the Royal Air Force aerodrome. The 22 passengers having disembarked, Dr. Hugh Eckener, commander, who had been in England for some days, went on board with Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, and several other persons prominent in English aviation, who were passengers on the return flight to Friederiehshaven. There was great enthusiasm at Cardington, the officers' of the first Zeppelin to visit England since the war being given a cordial welcome. During his visit to Cardington Dr. Eckener boarded RlOO, which was riding at the mooring mast, and inspected the sister airship, RlOl, which is in its shed. Dr. Eckener expressed keen interest in these vessels, and remarkeel in an interview that in ship structure and nose mooring they represented an advance on other countries. He said he believed the model of the new mechanical transporter for taking an airship into its shed was likely to be universally adopted. Yhe Graf Zeppelin remained at Cardington only 37 minutes, and proceeded via London, Dover, Brussels, and Hamburg, to its base,, which was reached at 5.42 this morning.