25 APRIL 1925, Page 15

Of the skill and resource shown by Flight-Commander Booth (an

ex-Naval Officer) and his crew the experts must speak, but we may express our admiration of a spirit which shows that the Air Force is building a tra- dition worthy of a sister of the senior Services. They were in constant wireless communication with a fishery protection cruiser, and received most friendly offers of Dutch help. But they refused to play for " safety first " or, to relax every effort to return with the airship to her quarters. .The event will raise the airship in general estimation, since. she never got out of control though damaged, short-handed, of comparatively old type, and exposed to a furious test of weather.