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OTE 28; pee we res - = © lw: uy fbe oh wea, Lucca , r approach. After passing over lakehurst the first time, Hinkelbein t advised that there was some rain and that he noticed lightning, but only on the horizon and at the time of landing he observed no light- ning at all. As Hinkelbein wes unable to furnish any further infor- Mation to the Board, he was excused. It should be noted that the hearings on May l2th and 14th were attended by Acting Special Agent in Charge W. 5. Devereaux and Special Agent in Charge R. E. Vetterli, and the hearings for May 1th and 15th were attended by Acting Special Agent in Charge Devereaux and Special Agent lee F. Malone. It is also well to note that beginning on May lth, 1937 the Board of Inquiry representing the Department of Commerce was joined by & German commission that had been invited to sit in on the hearings. This German commission was composed of Dr. Hugo Eckener, Dr. Ludwig Duerr, Chief Construction Engineer of the German Zeppelin Transport Company, Dre Guenther Bock, Professor of Aerodynamics at the Charlotten- burg Technicological Institute, Professor Max Deickmann, Radio Expert, Walter Hoffman, of the National Research Bureau, and It. Colonel Joachim Breithaupt, of the German Air Ministry. It is also to be noted that acting as interpreter for the German crew was Frederick W. VonMiester, 354 Fourth Avenue, New York ror a=. 2£- REea. Tee nt adannt Faw Lhe bene ane Pt — City, Who 18 Vice fFrréesiaent ior tune american representative of the Gere man Zeppelin Transport Company, which is incorporated under the name of the American Zeppelin Transport Company. ee a er re ju