NAVIGATING THE AIR 



ing its eight-hundred-and-fifty mile voyage, and es- 

 tablishing a new record for dirigibles. 



This and sundry other flights amply demonstrated 

 the dirigibility and relative safety of the balloon under 

 varying atmospheric conditions. But the difiiculties 

 that attend the management of such a craft when not 

 high in air were again vividly illustrated when, in April, 

 1910, the Zeppelin II., was totally wrecked while at 

 anchor by the force of a gale which it might easily have 

 outridden had it been beyond the reach of terrestrial 

 obstacles. 



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