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Performance. The Los Angeles came from Germany, where she was built (Zeppelin ZR-3), in 80 hours, a non-stop flight of 5,060 miles (TIME, Oct. 20, Oct. 27, 1924). Her top speed is 70 m. p. h. She has visited Bermuda, Porto Rico, flown many training flights at sea; voyaged 50,370 nautical miles since her arrival in 1924. Her usual cruising crew is about 45. She will carry 100 passengers who can stroll her length (656 feet) in "cat walks" built inside...
Pilot Clarence Duncan Chamberlin and Passenger Charles A. Levine were last week enjoying the hospitality of Germans, resting in the watering place known as Baden-Baden, inspecting huge multi-motored airships at the Dornier and Zeppelin plants. Some of their doings: ¶Fraulein Thea Rasche, Germany's only licensed woman pilot, was taken for a ride over Berlin by Pilot Chamberlin. Skillful, she also took Passenger Levine for a ride. Correspondents heralded the trips as strengthening to U. S.-German relations...
...passengers. Berlin is already linked by air to London, Paris, Moscow and the Scandinavian capitals. Next summer the German air net will be flung southward, to Madrid, Vienna and (cooperating with the new Italian Aero Lloyd) to Rome. Herr Hermann Mayenberger, operating expert of the Colon Co., Hispano-Zeppelin firm, announces definitely that in the spring of 1928 Zeppelins now building at Friedrichshafen will be flying on a four-and-one-half-day schedule between Seville and Buenos Aires, a transatlantic run now made by the fastest steamers in 20 days...
...last zeppelin with which Germany paid now glides over U. S. cities, rechristened the Los Angeles. Since she nosed out of Friedrichshafen* to fly the Atlantic, pickings have been lean for zeppelin workers on Lake Constance. Last winter Dr. Hugo Eckener, president of the Zeppelin plant, toured Germany in an effort to raise funds to build a zeppelin that should fly across the Pole-failed. What to do? Must the great zeppelin plant break up after holding together heroically during the eight years since...
From Madrid to Friedrichshafen glad tidings came at last. Dr. Eckener announced last week that the Spanish Government will subsidize the Zeppelin works for five years to the tune of 30,000,000 pesetas...