AIRSHIP HOME AGAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 346, 18 August 1930, Page 7

AIRSHIP HOME AGAIN

RETURN TO CARDINGTON RIOO’S CANADIAN VISIT PEACHES FOR THE PRINCE IBy Telegraph— Prese Association -Copyright Received Aug. 17, 8.10 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 16. RlOO was sighted at Cardington at 10.40 a.m. and made fast to the moor- f ing ropes at 11.30 a.m. She was moored at 12.2 p.m. Then a tired looking officer appeared at the opening of the hatchway which swung down from the ship and reduced romance to prose by anno ;ncing the readings for the Customs officer.

Lord Thomson, British Air Minister, delivered a speech cf welcome, after which Captain Scott, who was perishing for a smoke, which was impossible on board, took a ready-filled pipe from his pocket and lit up immediately he reached tho ground.

A new envelope and now cover are being prepared for the airship. The dirigible bears numerous letters, also flowers for Buckingham Palaeo and poaches for the Prince of Wales. Progress of Flight.

At 6 o’clock Greenwich mean time, R-100 was nearly 1000 miles beyond Belle Isle. After midnight she ran through continuous rain and encountered adverse winds from north to north-east. Her speed was then 35 knots ct an altimeter height o 2000 ft. At midnight the airship was cruising on three engines and making 56 knots. Tho weather was overcast and had been clouding over for some hours. Other messages indicate that the navigator managed to dodge an extremely heavy storm at 8 o’clock yesterday morning. The airship had reduced her speed. She was cruising in accordance with weather conditions, and was not intent on record-break-ing. She was expected to be over England by midnight. Half the journey across t’ie Atlantic, according to a message from the airship, was exceptionally tranquil. A great feature was the wonderful smoothness of progression, the passengers having none of the discomforts associated with the sea. The only adverse condition was the heavy rainfall, which tho airship encountered from midnight onwards, which caused her to slow down to a speed of 39 miles an hour. She was not, therefore, making such good progress as in the earlier stages of the flight.