ZEPPELIN’S PROGRESS.
VOYAGE TO EUROPE. (By Telegraph.—Pres* Assn. —Copyright.) i Au.ii.i'aii.i." H'- ’ss Jii.’iarion , WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. The Graf Zeppelin, which left Lakehurst, New Jersey, at 11.42 p.m. yesterday on her flight round the world, was reported at 11 p.m. today, when she was 1500 nautical miles east of New York.
LATER. SLOW PROGRESS. NOT A SMOOTH FLIGHT. 'Atisrrsnlan urns? Association.) (Received August 10, 9.5 a.m.) BERLIN, Aug. 9. Tiic Graf Zeppelin is apparently not having its anticipated smooth flight across 1 lie Atlantic according to a wireless message picked up at 8 a.m. The airship's position was 42 degrees north and 40 degrees west. An hour later the Zeppelin reported 40/20 north and 40/40 west. A later message stated that the airship passed over Gibraltar at 3 p.m.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17786, 10 August 1929, Page 7
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